Ragnarok : the age of fire and gravel

92 THE COMET. demoralized, perhaps, in its orbit, like Lexell’s comet when it became entangled with Jupiter’s moons, but shorn of a comparatively small portion of its substance.

The following engraving will illustrate my meaning.

I can not give, even approximately, the proporiions of the

4 The Earth O

Tur ComeT SWEEPING PAST THE Earth.

objects represented, and thus show the immensity of the sun as compared with our insignificant little orb. Ina picture showing the true proportions of the sun and earth, the sun would haye to be so large that it would take up the entire page, while the earth would be but as a pir