336 ON THE BED OF THE NORTH SEA. 



which are otherwise with much difficulty accounted 

 for. 



Of what has now been advanced, regarding the 

 waste of the land by the operations of the sea, it 

 will be proper to notice, that much consists with 

 my own personal observation. The consequences 

 of this process must be the deposition of debris, 

 and a tendency to raise the bottom of the ocean, 

 and produce a proportional elevation of the water. 

 With regard, however, to the distribution of the 

 surplus waters that is produced, what I have now 

 said is offered with much deference, in hopes that 

 some one better qualified than myself will turn his 

 attention to this curious subject. 



