THE MOON.
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If the tides of the ocean are raised from their fathomless bed by the power of the silver moon, it is not too much to believe that the tides of the atmosphere are subject in greater degree to the same mysterious influence.

 In tropical climates especially, the power of the moon over animal and vegetable life is believed by many to be very great, and why not in other portions ofthe globe also! It is stated by d learned writer, that in Dem arara there are thirteen springs and thirteen autumns every year. for so many times does the sap of the tree ascend to Its topmost branches and descend to the roots. For example, the paltabo, a resinous tree, com- mon III Demarara, and somewhat resem- bling the nah. gany, if cut down in the dark of the moon, short tune before the new moon, Is one of the most durable woods Ill the world for building prrposes-ln that state attempt to splitit, and with the utmost difficulty i, will be rlven in the most Jagged unequal manner--cut down another tree oi inc same kind, at full moon, and the tree. It is said, can readily be split into the finest smooth shingles, or into slaves for making casks; bn, in this state If applied to bnIld- ing purposes it speedily decays. Bamboos as thick as mans arm, if cut at the dark moon, will endure ten or twelve years; II at full moon, they will be rotten Tn two or three years; and thus it is with most oi the forest trees. If these statements can De relied upon, they would seem to afford an important practical hint to those engaged in getting out and preparing shipping nifoer from extensive forests in our own country. Have any experiments ever been tired or any facts noticed by ship builders on the subject! Ilisl true, we believe, that the timbers of our public vessels oft tunes rot while vet on the stocks, and before they are completed. May not the circumstance De a,srih,,ied to the particular season and par

 ticular age of the moon when the tmbers

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