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SUBSIDENCE IN PART OF GREENLAND. [Ch. XXXI. 



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of npheaval. They 

 has remained stationary for ages, and during which new 

 strata were deposited near or on the shore in some places, 

 while in others the waves and currents had time to hollow 

 out rocks, undermine cliffs, and throw up long ranges of 

 shino-le. They undoubtedly show that the movement has 

 not been always uniform or continuous, but they do not 

 establish the fact of any sudden alterations of level. 



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The rise of Scandinavia 



has naturally been regarded as a very singular and scarcely 

 credible phenomenon, because no region on the globe has 

 been more free within the times of authentic history from 

 violent earthquakes. In common, indeed, with our own 



almost 



ments 



Norway and Sweden. But some of these, as for example 

 during the Lisbon earthquake in 1755, may have been mere 

 vibrations or undulatory movements of the earth's crust 

 prolonged from a great distance. Others, however, have 



sufficiently 



indicate a source of disturbance 



immed 



under the country itself. Not 



these shocks, Scandinavia has, upon the whole, been as 

 tranquil in modern times, and as free from subterranean 

 convulsions, as any region of equal extent on the globe. 



same 



modern 



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has been undergoing a slow and 



ement 



an opposite direction. 



Two 



Danish investigators. Dr. Pingel and Captain Graah, have 

 brought to light abundant evidence of the sinking down of 



mor 



miles from 



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The observations of Captain 



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and afterwards in 1828-29 ; those by Dr. Pingel were made 

 in 1830-32. It appears from various signs and traditions, 

 that the coast has been subsiding for the last 4 centuries 



from 



60 



N 



Bay, extending to nearly the 69th degree of north latitude. 

 Ancient buildings on low rocky islands and on the shore of 

 the mainland have been gradually submerged, and experience 



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