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The Moon IN Lord Rosse's Tslesco1. d. Dr


Scoresby. of Ireland, whose admirable discourse


on Astronomy has been arranged after the exam.


lnatIon OF the teller system, through the mapni6


cent instrument OF Lord Rosse remarks in q recent


Lectures that in regard to the lunar orb every object


on the moons surface isnow distinctly to be seen.


ana ne had no doubt, that under very favornhIe


circumstances, 1t would be so with objects six,y


leet II height On its surface were craters Of ey.


tInct volcanoes, rocks and masses of stones oIns,
lnnumerable. He had no doubt whatever that ;r
such building as he was then in, were unon The
surface ofthe moon,it would be rendered distinctIS
visible by these instruments. But there were nd
signs OF habltatioEs such as ours-no vestioes Of
architectural remains TO show that the moon is or
ever was inhabited by race of mortaIs similar to
ourselves. presented mo appearances which
could lead to the suppostion that it contained anv
thing like the green fields and lovely yerdnre III
lnls beautiful world of ours There was no water
vlslole-not sea, or river, or even the measpre
Of reservoir for supplying town or factorv~alI
seemed desolate Hence would arse the refection
"a the q, mind OF the Christian philosopher-wbvJ
had this devastation been 1t might be further n.
lnIred-was II a lost world2 Had it suffered Gor
~ transgresslonf Analogy might ,sugoest The he
luestlon-=had nmet the fala which Scrint1re III
ls was reserved for our worldP Il was obs;cSs
III tins was mysterious conjecture. -- -: 80