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ij irwif. 
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. desses. editors —-While the theory of 
cap* kymnies lias served to exercise the 
jiii <i'iu liuicule ot newspaper scribblers, 
is it not a httie astonishing that no person 
possessing the necessary talents and in¬ 
formation has come forward and account¬ 
ed tor some of the facts which the capt. 
nas brought in support of his polar open- 
myst For instance, why a great portion 
, lhe ‘OwlaAotl iaud animals in a certain 
ueyiee ef latitude migrate north in au¬ 
tumn and return in the spring? How and 
wiuv-e the numerous shoals of fish that 
come Iron; the polar regions every spring 
ii!kl . subs!s .tence during the winter? and 1 
on what principle the mildness of climate 
as stateu by the inhabitants found by capt’ 
™ h * 9 ’ CiUt b ^eimted for. Until these* 
Je ^sare Lirly met and rationally ac¬ 
counted for, it would at least become the 
^dty to exercise their talents on subjects 
-hey can understand. 
four's respectfully. 
friend to Genius. 
f }VZO- 
The Icy Circle 
-S3 t n hestate f o? t e h naV ^ at! ° n in * 
during- the last v-ar u ° ftbe vvea ther there 
interest with those wh^ po , ssess considerable 
vorably 0 Cant l to look fa 
, -*W. N ° Vember 25. 
! " 0!,ce » l>*ve bee,, fnrnllied ^"thf m,ere ? in S 
j Davis’s stvaitf - ' from 
7r° C 25' f 'v ' oft ? e Ererthorpe, reached 
1 JV. and saw the bmrl in cnecl 
west, which he supposed to bV^ fd^ 
se * Jo the northward, no ice J* . ,° pe “ 
winch were aground ; a swell from 1 
ward, current set from the northu. / Wesf * 
•md east, 3 1-2 miles per ho.^ f S ° Uth 
weather; foggy at times thinks {hi™ Warm 
more clear of ice than last ve mi , Cou "trv 
«-**. apoealtdSr' e „ 
rev of snow than m the lower latitude. " d ba ’| 
