apart, is it presumable that tliG Creator—-whom 
we are confident has done nothing in vain— 
created this our earth, for the single purpose of 
occupying its surface alone with animated mat¬ 
ter, while the great bulk of it would he suffer¬ 
ed to remain an inert and useless mass ? This, it 
seems, Would but ill comport with the wise e- 
conomy that appears to pervade the universe. 
Those who may believe in this new Theory 
of the Earth, either in whole or in part, and 
those believing 1 only in the possibility oi its truth, 
the subscriber now invokes :—He desires that 
some 'one in each populous neighborhood 
throughout the union, may write, circulate for 
subscription, and ultimately forward to Wash¬ 
ington (early in the ensuing session) a Memo¬ 
rial to Congress of the following import, name¬ 
ly : 
We, the ’subscribers, are of opinion that both 
the public interest arid the national honor would 
be promoted by equipping an exploring party, 
to be constituted as follows, viz: Two vessels, 
well found for the purpose, furnished with sui¬ 
table materials and preparations to enable the 
party to travel, when beyond the temperate 
parallel's, either by land or on the ice, and pro¬ 
visioned for two years; alsofurni^ied with such 
articles as may be acceptable to the aboriginal 
natives whom the party may happen to meet 
with. And it is our farther opinion, that a few 
scientific and enterprising men should be select 
ed and attached to the expedition, and a liberal 
allowance made for their support, and that they 
be provided with suitable instruments and ap¬ 
paratus for taking and recording observations. 
We, therefore, pray Congress to grant an ex¬ 
ploring outfit, in conformity to our memorial, & 
thereby at once subserve the cause of philoso¬ 
phy and the wishes of a large portion of your 
constituents. 
Note.— Distant Editors throughout 
the Union are requested to give the a- 
bove an insertion in their columns, and 
the author will be thankful for a copy 
from each, with any remarks that may 
arise therefrom. The note below may 
be keft out where it is not altogether con¬ 
venient to insert it, 
* The author has completed (ready for engra- 
vingjamap of the northern hemisphere—in con¬ 
formity to his Theory—including the concave 
as well as the convex zones, showing, bolh, the 
real and apparent place of the verg&, and there¬ 
by exhibiting the general inclination of (he plane 
oi the polar opening, and—relatively to the ap¬ 
parent verge^-the consequent curves of the rne- 
redians (both the inner and outer) where they 
wind up the slopes—almost parallel with the 
