His friends and partisans were all assembled in the great square of the new capital, and the following resolutions were, to use the language of a handbill that is still preserved in the archives of the Leaphigh Historical Society (for it would seem they were printed before they were passed), 'unanimously, enthusiastically, and finally adopted,' viz.: "'Resolved, That this meeting has the utmost contempt for steam.'" "'Resolved, That this meeting defies snow, and sterility, and all other natural disadvantages.'" "'Resolved, That we will live forever.'" "'Resolved, That we will henceforward go naked, as the most effectual means of setting the frost at defiance.'" "'Resolved, That we are now over the thinnest part of the earth's crust in the polar regions.'" "'Resolved, That henceforth we will support no monikin for any public trust, who will not give a pledge to put out all his fires, and to dispense with cooking altogether.'" "'Resolved, That we are animated by the true spirit of patriotism, reason, good faith, and firmness.'" "'Resolved, That this meeting now adjourn sine die.'" "We are told that the last resolution was just carried by acclamation, when nature arose in her might, and took ample vengeance for all her wrongs.

The great boiler of the earth burst with a tremendous explosion, carrying away, as the thinnest part of the workmanship, not only Mr.
John Jaw, and all his partisans, but forty thousand square miles of territory.

The last that was seen of them was about thirty seconds after the occurrence of the explosion, when the whole mass disappeared near the northern horizon, going at a rate a little surpassing that of a cannon ball which has just left its gun." "King!" exclaimed Noah; "that is what we sailors call 'to cut and run.'" "Was nothing ever heard of Mr.Jaw and his companions, my good Doctor ?" "Nothing that could be depended on.

Some of our naturalists assume that the monkeys which frequent the other parts of the earth are their descendants, who, stunned by the shock, have lost their reasoning powers, while, at the same time, they show glimmerings of their origin.
This is, in truth, the better opinion of our savans; and it is usual with us, to distinguish all the human species of monkeys by the name of 'the lost monikins.' Since my captivity, chance has thrown me in the way of several of these animals, who were equally under the control of the cruel Savoyards; and in conversing with them, in order to inquire into their traditions and to trace the analogies of language, I have been led to think there is some foundation for the opinion.

Of this, however, hereafter." "Pray, Dr.Reasono, what became of the forty thousand square miles of territory ?" "Of that we have a better account; for one of our vessels, which was far to the northward, on an exploring expedition, fell in with it in longitude 2 degrees from Leaphigh, latitude 6 degrees S., and by her means it was ascertained that divers islands had been already formed by falling fragments; and, judging by the direction of the main body when last seen, the fertility of that part of the world, and various geological proofs, we hold that the great western archipelago is the deposit of the remainder." "And the monikin region, sir--what was the consequence of this phenomenon to that part of the world ?" "Awful--sublime--various--and durable! The more important, or the personal consequences, shall be mentioned first.