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it, there is a second pavement, proving that these oscillations had gone on 



before the temple was deserted by the Romans. It has been stated that, 



for some time previous to 1845, a slow sinking had been going on, and that 



since then there has been as gradual a rising. 



At the earthquake in 1819, about the delta of the Indus, an area of 2000 



square miles became an inland sea ; and the fort and village of Sindree sunk 



till the tops of the houses were just above the water. Five and a half miles 



from Sindree, parallel 



with this sunken area, 



a region 50 miles long 



and in some parts 10 



broad was elevated 10 



feet above the delta. 



The natives call it, with 



reference to its origin, 



UUah Bund, or Mound 

 of God. In 1838, the 

 fort of Sindree was still 

 half buried in the sea; 

 and, during an earth- 

 quake in 1845, the Sin- 

 dree Lake was turned 

 into a salt marsh. 



In 1822, the coast 

 along by Concepcion 

 and Valparaiso, for 1200 

 miles, was shaken by an 

 earthquake; and it has 

 been estimated that the 

 coast at Valparaiso was 

 raised three or four feet. 

 In February, 1835, an- 

 other earthquake was 

 felt from Copiapo in 

 Chile, eastward beyond 

 the Andes to Mendoza. 



Temple of Jupiter Serapie. 



Captain Fitzroy states that there was an elevation of four or five feet at 

 Talcahuano, which was reduced by April to two or three feet. The south 

 side of the island of Santa Maria, near by, was raised eight feet, and the 

 north, ten feet ; and beds of dead mussels were found on the rocks, ten feet 

 above high-water mark. 



^ The secular movements which have been observed are confined to the 

 middle and higher temperate latitudes, and may be a continuation of the 

 series which characterized the earlier part of the Quaternary age. 



In Greenland a slow subsidence is taking place. For 600 miles from 



