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H uncles plateau. Some such movement may be conjectured. Cer- 

 tain supposed elevations of the Peninsula may possibly be owing to 

 " negative " movements of the area of the Indian Ocean, in other 

 words, to the sinking in of the ocean bed. 1 



1 See " Manual," p. 681. 



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