EXTINCT ANIMALS 



What, then, is the general result of such move- 

 ment? I will show you what would be the 

 result of elevating the shore of England (the 

 whole of this part of the world) 600 feet. 

 From this map (Fig. 26) you will see that if the 



Fig. 25. — The same rocks as they would appear in 1900, raised 

 1 50 feet above the sea-level by an imperceptible movement 

 of six inches a year. 



floor of the ocean were raised 600 feet, the 

 cross-shaded area would become dry land, and 

 we should be brought by land into contact with 

 the neighbouring continent and islands. And 

 if the land were raised 3,000 feet we 

 should have a still greater extension of dry 



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