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has been going on in successive stages through 

 long ages of time. This is clearly evidenced 

 by the rock formations. The deposition of 

 rock strata is still active in the bottoms of the 

 oceans, although not to the same degree as in 

 former times. When the upheaval took place 

 the old stratifications were thrown out of level, 

 but the new ones that were then formed re- 

 mained in a level position until they were in 

 their turn disturbed by some subsequent up- 

 heaval. 



The laws of gravitation would tend to pre- 

 cipitate the matter held in suspension by the 

 water straight down to the bottom, toward the 

 center of the earth, so that the plane of these 

 stratifications would tend to be parallel to the 

 surface of the water, that is horizontal, until 

 disturbed. Then they would be tilted in many 

 directions. Hence it will be easily seen why 

 the seams in the rocks, especially in and near 

 mountainous regions, do not lie in a horizontal 

 position after an upheaval, but are found 

 standing at all angles, up to a perpendicular. 



Viewed from this standpoint, the solid por- 

 tion of the old world has gone all to pieces. 

 Wherever there is a chain of mountains it 

 marks a breakage in the earth's crust, and 

 these mountains are not all on the land, but 

 extend under the seas so deeply that they are 

 unable to lift their heads above the surface of 

 the water. The earth is no longer round, ex- 



