A depression of over thirteen miles, as you must plainly see, should produce strange results in the scenery at the poles.

Of course, if there are mountains, no difference would be noticed between this and any other part of the earth's surface; but if there is water, why, we ought to expect some such state of things as More describes.

The gravitation test has also been tried, with very nearly the same result.

The surface of the earth at the equator, being farthest from the centre of gravity, indicates the least weight in bodies; but at the poles, where the surface is nearest the centre of gravity, there must be the greatest weight.

It is found, in fact, that the weight of bodies increases in passing from the equator to the poles.