Note 14 — THE PITMAN'S DREAM;
Reading edition
Alluding to the following extraordinary advertisement which recently made its appearance in the American journals:— recently made its appearance in the American journals:—
St. Louis, (Missouri Territory)
North America, April 10, A. D. 1818.
"To all the world—I declare the earth to be hollow and habitable within; containing a number of concentric spheres, one within the other, and that their poles are open 12 or 16 degrees. I pledge myself in support of this truth, and am ready to explore the concave, if the world will support and aid me in the undertaking.
JOHN SYMMES," &c. &c.