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formation of a plurality of terraces, it is requisite that the sea-level 

 shall remain for some time and then rapidly change, therefore sug- 

 gesting not a regular, but an irregular or periodical movement. 



In illustration of this, the following woodcuts are given. If the 

 water level A B (Fig. 1) sinks suddenly to C D, and then comes to 



a state of comparative quiet, the terrace T will be laid dry, and the 

 formation of the lower terrace t begins at the lower level. If, on 

 the contrary, the water at the level A B sinks gradually and slowly 

 to C D, and continues to sink, the materials of the water-course will 

 be heaped up to the water-level of each year, and high and low tide 

 will affect the detritus at the same time, and a slope will be formed 

 from B to C, but no distinct steps (Fig. 2). 



Fig. 2. 



These facts lead the author to conclude that the motion occurred 

 with several shocks, with intervals of comparatively slow motion, if 

 not of rest. And it follows from this that any computations of 

 time derived from such motion cannot be very accurate. 



laE^VIE'WS. 



I. — The Truth of the Bible : Evidence from the Mosaic anb 



OTHER records OF CrEATION ; THE OrIGIN AND AnTIQUITT OF 



Man ; the Science of Scripture ; and from the Archeology 



OF DIFFERENT NaTIONS OF THE EaRTH. By the EcV. BOURCHIER 



Wrey Savile, M.A. 8vo., pp. 325. London : Longmans, 

 Green, & Co., 1871. 



THE number of books treating of Science and Eeligion, which 

 have been and continue to be issued, is astonishing, and, so far 

 as we are aware, few, if any, solid results are gained by their publi- 

 cation. Indeed, this is so manifest, that we are led to inquire 

 whether after all there is any direct relation between the subjects. 

 Most of these authors, it seems to us, start with a misunderstanding, 

 and it is because of this misconception that so many of these Geo- 

 theological books continue to be written. First, they are under the 



