EXTINCT ANIMALS 



eighth or ninth century, the whole of the coas^ 

 of this part of Italy had sunk many feet, am 

 the columns were broken and standing in the seaJ 

 This is the appearance then presented by Puteoli 

 (Fig. 22). The coast had sunk ; the remains 

 of the road were covered by sea, and also the^ 



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Fig. 22. — Puzzuoli in the ninth century, showing the sub- 

 mergence of the land and the columns of the ruined 

 temple or palace standing up in the sea. 



remains of the columns up to the height marked 

 a on the diagram (Fig. 20). The whole land 

 must have sunk as much as forty feet, 

 since the temple or palace stood on high ground 

 originally. Then it was that, while they were 

 under water in the ninth century, the columns 



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