dangerous than any other, we deny, and hereby we shall seem to contradict antiquity. It is evidently false, nor can it be made out by observation either upon the shore or ocean, as we have with diligence explored both."

Mr. Ross, in his "Arctics," says Sir Thomas troubles himself to no purpose in refuting the greatness of the tenth wave, for the tenth of anything was not counted the greatest, but the greatest of anything was called the tenth; therefore anything that was greater than another was called decumanus.

Mr. Forbes, in his "Oriental Memoirs," describing the effect of the monsoon upon the ocean, says, "every ninth wave is observed to be the more tremendous than the rest, and threatens to overwhelm the settlement of Anjengo."

Dr. Henderson, in his work on "Iceland," says that they were obliged to wait the alternation of the waves in the following order: "First, three tremendous surges broke with a heavy dash upon the rocks; these were followed by six smaller ones, which just afforded us time to land; after which the three larger ones broke again, and so on in regular succession."

THE 12-, 42-, And 72-LetterED NAME OF GOD. (Vol. III, p. 60.) The article in the last number, (Vol. III, p. 5,) on 66 The Shem-hammephorash," opened a new field of speculation to me. Please give "the twelve-, forty-two-, and seventy-two-lettered name of God." This is new to me. NEOPHYTE.

The Kabbalistic names of God are many. But according to some of the profound and esoteric writers who have explored the Talmud, Sohar, and other kabbalistic works, there are some peculiar names applied to God which represent certain attributes. We have not space to give the learned disquisitions on the names, but will give the names from which the many-lettered names are made, and even on the combination of these there is a difference of opinion.

Rosenberg gives the twelve kabbalistic names of God as follows: Ehje, Jehovah, Elohim, El, Eloah, Gibbor, Sabaoth, Tsebaoth, Schaddai, Adonai, Makom, and Agla.

Just what the twelve-lettered name was is uncertain, many of the esoteric writers agreeing it was a sentence composed of twelve letters. M. Franck, a recognized author on the Kabbalah, says the fortytwo letters composing the divine name are the Ten Sephiroth, which

by supplying the conjunctive (Vau in Hebrew) before the last Sephira, consist of exactly forty-two letters. The Ten Sephiroth are as fol

lows, with the number of the letters in Hebrew in parentheses:

Kether (3) Thought, Binah (4) Wisdom, Chochma (4) Understanding, Gedulah (5) Mercy, Gibborah (5) Justice, Tiphareth (5) Beauty Netsech (3) Energy, Hod (3) Strength, Jesod (5) Power, Melcuth (5) Actuality. Total, 42 letters.

The seventy-two lettered name is variously composed. Oliver gives one arrangement like this: The names containing three letters each, Jah, Jeo, Iva; three containing five letters each, Havah, Gotha, Jevah; three containing seven letters each, Adonajh, Jakinai (some make it Thummim), and Jehovah; three containing nine letters each, Elchnanan, Jehabulum, and another representing the Tetragrammaton. This is explained as follows: (3X3) + (3×5) + (3+7) + (3×9)=72. Dr. Ginsburg says the Kabbalists believe that Exodus XIV, 19-21, contain the three Pillars of the Sephiroth, and the Divine Name of seventy-two words. These three verses by being arranged in three diagrams will yield twenty-four three-lettered words which give the seventy-two divine names or attributes of God. The following are the names expressed in Latin which are easily translated into English:

There are several other methods used to produce the three-severallettered names of God, but this will suffice to answer the questions.

PLATO'S NUPTUAL DIAGRAM. (Vol. III, p. 60.) A writer on analogy speaks of the "Nuptual Diagram of Plato." Will some Platonist give the diagram or description?

Z.

George Field in his "Outlines of Philosophy," Vol. I, p. 278, says the "Nuptual Diagram of Plato" is the Pythagorean proposition, or 47th of Euclid, and that the late Dr. Harrington, of Bath, has employed the same in demonstrating the universal indivisible triunity of the three primary simultaneous sounds of the perfect musical triad, in remarkable accordance with the Pythagorean and Platonic philosophies, which were framed upon harmonic principles; and the same analogy belongs to the harmonic triad of colors.

The subject of this diagram is also discussed in its various applications to nature in Stephen Pearl Andrews' work, "Universology."

A KULE IN MNEMONICS.' (Vol. II, pp. 522, 531.) I will add to the rules in mnemonics that called "Napier's Rule: "The radius into the sine of the middle part of opposite parts, or tangents of adjacent parts."

=

product of cosines

The vowel o is common in the first couple, and the vowel a is common in the second couple.

ROBERT J. TOTTEN, New Wilmington, Pa. MOHAMMED IN PROPHECY. (Vol. II. pp. 527, 542, 574.) Mohammed claimed that he was foretold in the Bible by name, and that he fulfilled his prophetic mission. Where is the prophecy?

JOHN ANDERSON.

This question has received one answer, but there is still another passage which he claimed pointed directly to him in addition to the one in Haggai 11, 7, where the word "Desire" is translated from the Hebrew root HMD; and in Zech. 111, 8, and vi, 12, where the word "BRANCH" is translated from the word Oriens. Other passages are John xv, 26: "But the Comforter, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things"; and xvi, 7: "But when the Comforter is come," etc. The word "Comforter," is rendered from the word Paraclete. He claims the word should have been Periclyte, meaning "the Illustrious," which is the meaning of the Ahmed (MHD) the name of the Arabian prophet. For further light on this curious question see Preliminary Discourse edition of the Korân, Sect. IV, p. 58; also Notes to same, chap. LXI.

to George Sale's

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THE LOST ATLANTIS. (Vol. II, p. 535.) I have been accustomed to regard the supposed continent of Atlantis a sa myth, but since your allusion to it, and the announcement of some of the literature bearing upon it, I have read and studied Mr. Donnelly's book, "Atlantis," and other works from which he quotes, and from a comparative examination, have somewhat changed my former views on this subject. We are continually receiving new light from the East, from whence came our ancient knowledge. Some parts of the Scriptures now appear in a new light to me, and I will mention two chapters (Ezekiel XXVII and XXVIII,) considered as possibly applicable to the lost continent. Many controversies as to the primeval races of America, and questions of its early discovery, can be examined from new data. The late Dr. F. V. Kenealy, of London, a profound explorer in the fields of ancient lore, says in his commentary on the Apocalypse, that the primeval name of the Americas was Chi-Xi-Bau, or Chi-zi-vau, in the language of the ancient race, and that the summation of the three Greek letters as numerals 600+60+6=666 has a deeper and more recondite meaning than is put upon it by modern interpreters; that it is connected with the period of years known as the "Chaldean Saros," on which "A. WILDER, M. D." has a short article, in your last number (Vol. II, p., 49). The correspondence of its parts with the nêros and sôssos, and their Greek values, are noticeable. Godfrey Higgins also speculates on the same subject in his Anacalypsis. We must refer interested ones to the 853-paged work of Dr. Kenealy on the "mystical book."

Dr. Kenealy's works are a storehouse of information on a great variety of topics, and serve as a syllabus of subjects for expansion. G. M. L.

THE LOST TEN TRIBES. Is there any mention of the Lost Tribes in any Sacred Books except the Old Testament? What is a good work on the subject? STUDENT.

We saw recently in some commentary on John x, 16, ("Other sheep I have which are not of this fold,") that this passage had direct reference to the "Lost Ten Tribes." There is now quite a large literature on this subject, and also an exponent of the claims of the English as being their direct descendants; the organ is the Banner of Israel, edited by "Philo-Israel," London.

QUESTIONS.

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(a) William E. Damon, in "Ocean World," says "the rock-fish has a beautiful and graceful form, and curious grometrical markings. On account of certain peculiarities, the unusual shape of its caudal fin, and other points, it was a particular object of scientific interest to the late Prof. Agassiz." Will some one give a more extended description of this fish? What are its geometrical markings, etc.

A. M. A.

(b) Some years ago a book was written, and published, by a person calling himself "Elder Triptolemus Tubbs." We do not find this nom de plume in Haynes's "Pseudonyms." We have an impression it was semi-religious in character. Can any reader give me information of the book, where and when published? J. J. J.

(c) How is sound produced in wind instruments? Has the fact ever been determined? What is the difference in the formation of sound in the clarionet and flute ? I. W. A., Natick, R. I.

(d) How do snakes climb trees, fences, or walls?

(e) "O, Galilean! Thou hast conquered! these?

FARMER Boy. Whose last words are

Z.

(f) Why was the shamrock chosen as the emblem of Ireland?

ADELBERT.

(g) What is the "Vatican" at Rome, and why so called?

ADELBERT.

(h) Where do we find the word Baughnaughclaughpaugh and its etymological definition? Webster and Worcester do not define the word. ADELBERT.

(i) From what personages did "Pompeii and Herculaneum receive their names? Were there three personages, two by the name of Pompeius and one Hercules?

(j)

ADELBERT.

What were the "four winds of heaven," which are mentioned in the Scriptures and ancient works? ADELBERT.

(k) Are there more than four ways to read languages, namely:

I.

The English-which reads from left to right.

2.

The Hebrew-which reads from right to left.

3.

The Chinese-which reads from top to bottom, or downward. 4. Boustrophedonally—oxen ploughing—alternately left to right, then right to left. JOSEPHUS.

(1) Where do we first find the mention of ferry-boats, and how probably constructed?

SEARCHER.

SEARCHER.

(n) Why is a newspaper reporter or correspondent sometimes called a Bohemian?