1893. ARE OCEAN DEPTHS PERMANENT P 187 
Fisher, Jukes, and many others that the great depths are mostly 
covered with volcanic products, with lava and ashes forming immense 
plains and overlain eventually by the deposits of the abyss; but I see 
no reason why parts of the ocean or even of the dry land may not 
to-morrow sink to form new depths, or why we should believe that 
all the great ocean basins have been continuously covered by water 
since panthalassic times. So far as the Atlantic is concerned, there 
even exists some evidence to the contrary. 
But all this is unripe fruit. Our scholars will some day know 
more than their masters do now; so let us patiently continue our 
work and remain friends. 
Epw. SugEss. 
