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inovement^ botli of elevation and subsidence, lias exceeded 



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satisfactory manner an elevation, at no remote period, of 

 more than 20 feet, and, at one point, of more than 30 feet ; 

 and the evidence of this change would have been complete, 

 even if the temple had, to this day, remained undiscovered. 



Goast south of Puzzuoli. — If we coast along the shore from 



Naples to Puzzuoli, we find, on approaching the latter ]3lace, 

 that the lofty and precipitous cliffs of indurated tuff, re- 

 sembling that of which Naples is built, retire slightly from, 

 the sea ; and that a low level tract of fertile land, of a very 

 different aspect, intervenes between the present sea-beach 

 and what v/as evidently the ancient line of coast. 



The inland cliff may be seen opposite the small island of 

 Msida, about 2-^ miles south-east of Puzzuoli (see Map, fig. 

 60, YoL I. p. 599), where, at the height of 32 feet above the 



level of the sea 



Mr. Babbage 



observed an ancient mark. 



such as might have been worn by the waves; and, upon 

 further examination, discovered that, along that line, the 

 face of the perpendicular rock, consisting of very hard tuff, 

 was covered with barnacles {Balanus sulcatus, Lamk.), 



