The earth is moved from its position by the weight of a tiny bird resting upon it.

The water which rises in the mountain is the blood which keeps the mountain in life.

The body of the earth is of the nature of a fish, a grampus or sperm whale, because it draws water as its breath instead of air.

The air moves like a river and carries the clouds with it; just as running water carries all the things that float upon it.

The water wears away the mountains and fills up the valleys, and if it had the power it would reduce the earth to a perfect sphere.

I roamed the countryside searching for answers to things I did not understand. Why shells existed on the tops of mountains. How the various circles of water form around the spot which has been struck by a stone, and why a bird sustains itself in the air.