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HUTTONIAN THEORY. 



42 



the higher grounds, is perfeclly afcertained ; and 

 the detail into which Major Rennel has entered 



in 



th 



; paiTage referred to by Mr Kir wan, does 

 credit to the acutenefs and accuracy of that ex- 

 cellent geographer. But it is not there aflerted. 



oy all 



hich they 



^7 



them, i 



formation of thofe d 



d deliver none of them into the fea 



On 



the contrary, they carry from the delta itfelf 

 mud and earth, which they can depofite nowhere 

 but in the fea ; and it is this circaraitance 

 chiefly that limits the increafe o-f thofe alluvial 

 lands, and makes them either ceafe to increafe. 



makes th 



fe very llowly aft 



tain period, though the fupply of 



the higher gro 

 To make Mr K 



remanis 



r 



's argum 



th 



from 



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fame. 



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Id be 



eflary 



P 



d down by the N 



or 



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hat all the mud 

 ;he Ganges, was 

 3re thefe rivers 



depofited on the low lands before 

 enter the fea ; a thing fo obvioufly abfurd, that 

 nothing but his hafte to obtain a conclufion un- 

 favourable to the Plutonic fyftem, could have 

 prevented him from perceiving it*. 



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378. A 



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The inflance mentioned in the Geoloo-Ical EfTavs 



Abb 



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Adriatic, upwards of 14C0 years ago, 



a 



nd 



