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distance of which from the sea had been measured 

 by LinnaBUs, in 1749, was more than 30 yards nearer 

 the shore in 1837. Certain maritime towns were 

 being constantly invaded by the sea, the level of some 

 of the streets being below that of the lowest tides. 



An entire province, heretofore called Witlanda, and 

 situated between Pillau, Brandenburg, and Bolga, 

 at the period when the Teutonic Order flourished, is 

 now completely submerged. Moreover, the soil of 

 Denmark, of Norway, and of Sweden contains de- 

 posits of shell entirely similar to those which are 

 formed at the bottom of the neighbouring seas. The 

 soil of Scania contains none. Therefore, at no very 

 remote period, Denmark, and certain parts of Norway 

 and Sweden, were submerged ; but not so Scania. 

 The first-named countries are now, on the contrary, 

 raised above the waters, and man establishes himself 

 in them; Scania sinks, and Witlanda has already 

 disappeared. 



Such are the observations which have enabled the 

 celebrated geologist. Sir Roderick Murchison, to 

 conclude, in a general manner, that the actual 

 motion of the Swedish soil, and of the bed of the 

 Baltic, resembles that of a seesaw, the fixed line or 

 axis of which would pass to the north of Scania. 

 The south falls, the north rises. 



