THE COAST OF CHILI 



in this part of the world. According to the 

 observations that have been made, the original 

 inscription which we see the sailors cutting in 

 Fig. 2t would, after 300 years, be found high 

 and dry some 150 feet up the face of the cliffs. 

 On the coast of South America there is good 



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Fig. 24. — Imaginary view of Spanish sailors carving an 

 inscription on rocks at sea-level in 1600 a.d., on the 

 Chilian coast. 



reason for beheving that a movement upwards 

 goes on at the rate of half a foot to a foot a year. 

 If such a rising continued for a thousand years 

 we should find that the original shore-hne had 

 risen 500 feet above the sea-level. 



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