'Theory of the Earth .

Part 117

CHAPTER I.

Fa£ts in confirmation of the Theory of Eleva-ting Land above the Surface of the Sea,

T HE first object now to be examined, inconfirmation of the theory, is thatchange of posture and of shape which is sofrequently found in mountainous countries,among the strata which had been originallyalmost plain and horizontal. Here it is alsothat an opportunity is presented of havingsections of those objects, by which the inter-nal construction of the earth is to be known.It is our business to lay before the reader ex-amples of this kind, examples which areclearly described, and which may be exami-ned at pleasure.

No person has had better opportunities ofexamining the structure of mountains thanM. de Saufliire, and no body more capable oftaking those comprehensive views that are soneceflary for the proper execution of such atalk. We shall'therefore give some examples