...coral reefs and lagoon islands, and which will be explained in the last chapter of the third book, will satisfy the reader that there are spaces on the...suspension for ages, there has been no universal disruption of the earth's crust or desolation of the surface since times the most remote. The non-occurrence of...

...coral reefs and lagoon islands, and which will be explained in the last chapter of the third book, will satisfy the reader that there are spaces on the...to emerge. Nor have the regions now motionless been .ilways at rest ; and some of those which are at present he theatres of reiterated earthquakes have...

...downward movement has predominated for ages, and yet the land has never, in a single instance, srone down suddenly for several hundred feet at once. Yet...suspension for ages, there has been no universal disruption of the earth's crust or desolation of the surface since times the most remote. The non-occurrence of...

...coral reefs and lagoon islands, and which will be explained in the last chapter of the third book, will satisfy the reader that there are spaces on the...then at a period long subsequent raised again and mad? to emerge. Nor have the regions now motionless been always at rest ; and some of those which are...

...or the Baltic. To detect proofs of slow and gradual stibsidence must in general be more difficult ; but the theory which accounts for the form of circular...suspension for ages, there has been no universal disruption of the earth's crust or desolation of the surface since times the most remote. '.The non-occurrence...

...coral reefs and lagoon islands, and which will be explained in the last chapter of the third book, will satisfy the reader that there are spaces on the...But although disturbances have ceased after having lon<r prevailed, or have OOOI the most remote. The non-occurrence of such a general convulsion is proved...

...that there are spaces on the globe, several thousand miles in circumference, * See vol. ii. p. 185. throughout which the downward movement has predominated...suspension for ages, there has been no universal disruption of the earth's crust or desolation of the surface since times the most remote. The non-occurrence of...

...reader that there are spaces on the globe, several thousand miles in circumference, * SeeTol.il. p. 185. throughout which the downward movement has predominated...to emerge. Nor have the regions now motionless been alwaj-s at rest ; and some of those which are at present the theatres of reiterated earthquakes have...

...subterranean movements in one direction has not been perpeFuat Lhruughont all past time. There Lave "been "great oscillations "of level, by which a surface...and then at a period long subsequent raised again an3 made to emerge. Nor have the regions now motionless been always at rest ; and some of those which...

...of these have been lifted up to an elevation of several hundred feet above high-water mark. The rise within the historical period has not amounted to many...earthquakes have formerly enjoyed a long continuance of tranquility. But, although disturbances have ceased after having long prevailed, or have recommenced...