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HUTTONIAN THEORY. 



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of the Dart, of the Plym and Tamer, of the ri 

 ver at Fowey, of the Fal, the Hel, &c. it will an 



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pear perfedly clear, that they have been prod 



ced by th 



fpedive ft 



Where there 



is no ftream, there is no breach in the rock, no 

 foftening in the bold and ftern afped which 

 this fhore every where prefents to the ocean. 

 If we look at the fmaller ftreams, we find them 

 working their way through the cliffs at the pre- 

 fent moment ; and w^e fee the fleps by which 

 the larger valleys of the Dart and the Tamer 

 have been cut down to the level of the fea. If 



we would hav 



ft 



clearer 



breach 



ade antecedently 



de 

 th 



th 



ng of 



the rivers have opened a way for them, we need 

 only look to the oppofite fide, or northern fhore, 

 of the fame promontory, wh 

 feries of outlets, all or 



alfo find 



ginating in the ridg 



of 



the country, and becoming deeper as they ap- 

 proach the fea, but altogether unconnedl d with 

 the openings on the fouth fide • and this could 

 hardly have been the cafe, had they been the 

 effeds of previous concuffions, or of any pecu- 

 liarity in the original ftrucSlure of the rocks. 



33 



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contemplating fuch 



ft 



as 



thefe 



when we go back to the time when the 



0^^} upon a level as high 



c 



higheft of th 



ffs 



ro 



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the fea-fhore, we muft fuppofe, that the land 



extended many miles farther into what is 



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now 



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