Magnetic close up now. We two fella swim more long way. Bi'mby
catch 'em Barrier.' One fella catch 'em hand--'Come along, brother,
youn-me go outside.'
"Two fella boy swim-swim-swim. Go outside altogether; leave 'em Barrier
behind. Swim; finish; good bye; no come back! Swim where cloud catch
'em sea. Swim up-up-long way up! You see now. Sit down up there
altogether. Dooey-dooey first time; two fella boy come behind!"
Does not this stand comparison with that referred to by the SCIENTIFIC
AMERICAN in answering the question, "Why do you refer to the Great Bear
as feminine?" We must go back into the age of classical mythology for
the reason. It was known to the Egyptians, who called it hippopotamus.
The people of southern Europe saw in the same stars the more familiar
figure of a bear, and the legends which grew up around it were finally
given permanent shape by Ovid in his METAMORPHOSES. As he tells the
story, Callisto, an Arcadian nymph, was beloved by Jupiter. Juno, in
fierce anger, turned her into a bear, depriving her of speech that she
might not appeal to Jupiter. Her son, Arcas, while hunting, came upon
her, and failing to recognise her in her metamorphosed form, raised his
bow to shoot.
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