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ing does its own share of the work above. If the land pro- 
prietors along the margin foolishly permit outsiders to remove 
gravel, boulders, etc., as they are now doing, thereby assisting 
in the progress of the destruction of their own farms, they 
deserve to lose them. The writer was much pleased to find 
the following extract in a Canadian daily paper, because it 
proves the press has its eyes open to geological facts, viz :— 
THE GREAT LAKES OF NORTH AMERICA. 
““Recent observations prove that a large part of the region 
around the great lakes of North America is being raised or lowered 
in consequence of the action of the Earth’s internal forces. Dr. 
J. W. Spencer has given reasons for believing that the land to 
the north is rising soas to make the waters encroach on the south- 
ern shores; and now Professor G. K. Gilbert has proved by a 
series of careful measurements, that the broad lake-bearing plain 
is being’ slowly tilted up in the north-east, and down in the south- 
west. In consequence of these changes, the water of Ontario is 
encroaching on its shores, the estimated rise at Hamilton being 
six inches per century.” Now, we understand, we have quite 
a number of superior people in Ontario who are ready to assert 
that the statements of such well-known scientific men as Gilbert 
and Spencer are sheer nonsense, that it would be quite absurd 
to believe the solid continent is undergoing the changes indi- 
cated. You will usually find the individuals of this class are 
the least observant members of the community, whose vision 
hardly extends beyond their own shadows. The rainfall may 
vary annually, and some years may be productive of heavier 
snowfalls than others, it is said. This is well known. Admit- 
ting that it is so, it does not affect the tilting of the lake bottom, 
proved by actual measurement of the United States engineers. 
Mr. A. E. Walker informed the writer when he came to Ham- 
ilton, hardwood trees were growing at the Beach, where now 
they could not possibly exist, and we may add, the /udian 
Ossuarves (burial pits) there were found to be submerged on two 
occasions when visited in different years. 
