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Raised Beaches. 



existence of any data for deciding when this elevating move- 

 ment took place, whether it preceded or was subsequent to the 

 depression ; perhaps a careful examination might bring to 

 light some worked flints or other artificial construction em- 

 bedded with the water- worn material. 



It may well be asked, " How is it that remains of the same 

 raised beach are not found all round the island ?" But the 

 most casual observer must have noticed the constant disintegra- 

 tion and destruction going on everywhere on the cliffs, which 

 in the course of ages would have removed such remains, and 

 the wonder is that any of them exist ; but falling masses from 

 above often cover the face of the cliff, burying the real sur- 

 face feet in depth ; where this has happened, the gradual 

 removal of this covering by the action of the weather and the 

 sea has sometimes brought to light the ancient outline of the 

 cliff, and may yet reveal, on other parts of the coast, other 

 specimens of raised beaches than those here referred to. 



