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° u ar c requested to insert iti your pa- 
P?r the following remarks, which appear- 
c d in the Ohio Republican during; the re- 
cent, V’sit of Capt. Stmmes to Zanesville 
and J\*ewar1c. 
Nfc.w THEORY OF THE WORLD. 
The citizens of this place were agree¬ 
ably entertained a few evenings since by 
tiie piesence of Capt. J. Cleves Symmes, 
who by request delivered a lecture on his 
new theory that the world is hollow, and 
consists of a number of concentric, spheres. 
He illustrated and explained his doc¬ 
trines by the use of two globes, painted 
with the proper devices, one of which was 
sawn in two for the purpose of explana¬ 
tion upon the interior part of the globe._ 
Whatever opinion we entertain generally 
upon this subject, we are nevertheless free 
to say, that there is much method and 
great ingenuity in the facts and reasoning 
advanced by captain Symmes in support 
of his theory; and we have little doubt, 
that were he possessed of the peculiar tal¬ 
ent of a first rate lecturer, he would easily 
convert thousands into a belief of the 
truth of his doctrines. j 
'His conclusions' were generally drawn 
from the principles ofgravitation and attrac¬ 
tion—the voyage of eminent navigators 
in the northern seas, in search of a north 
west passage—the difficulties in keeping 
time in those regions, and the irregularity 
of the mariner’s compass—the currents on 
the coast of Iceland—the timber trees of a 
different climate found floating in those 
seas—the migration of rein deer and vari¬ 
ous fowis northwardly—the observations 
and discoveries of the celebrated travel¬ 
lers Hearne, and Mackenzie, in relation 
to Indian nations, number of animals, riv¬ 
ers of immense size and force, their course, i 
estuarys, &c. &c. All of which, presum-! 
ing to have been correctly stated by capt. 
Symmes, were brought to bear upon his 
theory, that after sailing north to a certain 
point will pass over the verge and enter 
into the interior or binder of the cavity of 
the earths wibyut any sensible variation, 
only that to proceed forward , the naviga- 
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