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32 OCEAN CURRENTS striking the earth all of a sudden, that they would sprawl out and become flatter than a darkey's nose. And then on the other hand it seems as though if their dwelling place was in the earth below, but come to the sur- face just to see what it was raining for, that they would be found by miners or others digging down into the earth. Some claim that these animals are drawn from ponds of water into the clouds through waterspouts. If that is true, or if they are born and bred in the clouds, or whether waterspouts take up or let down water, it follows just the same, that there are clouds that carry large quantities of water. Now if this is correct, perhaps it ould not be impossible to manufact- ure air boats of the same material. I am well aware that this idea will not at first (and perhaps not at last)

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