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he Doctrine ofTRelativity1.IN the northern ocean there is a fish, called theLeviathan, many thousand li [1] in size. This Leviathanchanges into a bird, called the Rukh, whose back is manythousand li in breadth. With a mighty effort it rises, andits wings obscure the sky like clouds. At the equinox, thisbird prepares to start for the southern ocean, theCelestial Lake. And in the Record of Marvels we readthat when the rukh flies southwards, the water is smittenfor a space of three thousand li around, while the birditself mounts upon a typhoon to a height of ninetythousand li, for a flight of six months' duration. Just soare the motes in a sunbeam blown aloft by God. Forwhether the blue of the sky is its real colour, or only theresult of distance without end, the effect to the birdlooking down would be just the same as to the motes. . . .A cicada laughed, and said to a young dove, “Now, whenI fly with all my might, 'tis as much as I can do to getfrom tree to tree. And sometimes I do not reach, but fallto the ground midway. What, then, can be the use of