GEOLOGY. 



595 



that of the celebrated naturalist, demands that the name of 

 cataclysm should be struck out of science. At its head 

 stand Messrs. Lyell, Lartet, and Darwin. 



Modern geologists refer, in support of this new theory, to 

 certain regions of the globe which in our day are inces- 

 santly rising. The ancient Sagas tell us that many parts 



227. Modern Upheaval : Jorullo in Mexico. 



of the beach of the Baltic, formerly almost on a level with 

 this sea, and upon which ample troops of seals climbed to 

 play and bask in the sun, were the scenes of great hunts by 

 the Finns, who slew them with their arrows. Now Von 

 Buch and Lyell have shown that these very places are at 

 the present time raised to a great height above the waves, 

 and are quite inaccessible to these animals. " In 800 years," 

 says Humboldt, " the eastern shore of the Scandinavian pe- 

 ninsula has risen perhaps more than 330 feet; and if this 



