As we pointed out some short time ago, ~one,,.of, the. results, of the Into Arctic Expedition ig likely to, be an, alteration cin-the received opinions respecting the immobility, of the earth's axis, and the n@onsequent.theories as to the supposed ieglacial, epoch.; It, is noteworthy, that isthe received. glacial theories hare been all, elaborated in.one hemisphere of the "World, while, the other has, either remained. unexplored, or been passed over in.silence. The most extreme theories of the extent of the ice of the presumed glacial epoch have reached _Rs, from America, about 90° west longiudo, while the area in Asia on the opposite.of the pole has remained almost unexplored. Now it is noteworthy that in China and Japan, as far north as "40° Iatitude at, least, there is not only {no ign, of glacial action even on the highest of. the mountains, but there exists proof in the peculiar character of the hills that they have not, for enormous geological periods, been subjected to glacial action. Water ico.aré essentially different in their "action upon such masses. To borrow an illustration from quaint book called "Frost and Fire," water produces (\V) valleys and (A) hills; "while ico rounds off the angles and produces forms thus Water working after ice produces again Y shapes, and these two latter are characteristic forms in Northern Europe. and all countries where ice has prevailed. The first, as may be noticed by any one who has rambled, for instance, about Snowy Valley, is as characteristic of China and Japan. Facts as to the distribution of animals are now beginning to hold an important place, in all geological theories, and "those facts.in Siberia tond to prove that
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