t PROFESSOR LAWSON'S OPINION AS TO HOW THE WHALE'S HEAD CAME 
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HS history of the Coast Range of California," said Professor lAwson of the- Ptalo x:r.\Vfr^Hv "i« *hat 
of a series of rlrsiriKS and aubrnersjons. Long ;,go, when Uie Sleira Nfvada Mountain- w'-i r- 'finT'b- io- 
t'hl^ror^f*'n''f •"I*"''" P-*''-'"'''' "^'•"'•^E^h the formation proce.. of the Jusrassic period, 
tne coast of California vras in a state ot frreai distnrlipiice 
t>,e'X*'.17*'1-!rr?fM°' '""'"'T Upheaved and then lowered aRuin into the d.-pths of 
the ocean. From a,i v,-c. can learn thi.-^ happened about seven times. The last time tbi^ hapr,<.r,r.,l i/ re- 
matned beneath the water for centuries and centnrie.. long enot^Th for the ..and.tor."' to " .si ed ' As 
^ the d,fferent marine creatures died, the whale aniouf^ th-m, ihe ..olid part., .ueh as bone t d i ' 'o the 
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t ."Wh«n the last upheaval came the v,-bole bottom of the ocean was lifted r-kvu-ard fr.d n^tt^raMv the re 
t °* taken aloi.e and i.ft miles and niilen h,l..nd from the v-a er Th^t H 
r th«. reason that we can go down Into Monterey County and dig fish bones that are thousand " e \.,,.'f .,.? 
1 common supposition that a tidal wave once swept over the counu■^ and left the ere .tn, c« to die" oA' 
4 the motmtata tops is only a supposition that has not the least foundation in geoIORtcal fa.-t." 
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FOSSII. whale's head, the remains firuU-.r of this valnahle :~:peclm-ii. a >-o.. r-.n.^s sp.-np.enc; Of 1,,.. , , / \ 
oysters «iK] other thfD^s of the olop:i.t. I-.v nature and .pemls iir-arly the k.inws n o'-^ C^hi " \ ^ V^" 
s.a h.ve JuBt b.en uno.rtli.a^m wi.ole of his tnn, pnMn^ about .mong . pity that' hV: hn;' 
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Monterey Ooiinty, at a place 
feci, i!iiov€- ths sea level a.ncl e.igh~ 
t€--^r; rpiilpf-. {nh-iii'-.i from the pr?"'ser'^- 
Monteiey tiounty lias furnished many 
Strange bones of past life to the prying 
scientist, but nothing innrf- rurioiip, than 
this has ccme <.mt of her hi!!-?., Bcipnti5«ta 
aip-ee tiint It m the n)-»st iinportant iln6 
ot its kitid In recent years. The James- 
burg region, in wh^ch these fopsii rfM.n?.4n.5 
wer© discovere«1, contains an ar^a about 
glxry wiles square which has proved ex- 
ceedingly rich In relics of ancient man 
and other animals. 
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ro-ks and dig-ging- into the earth for cu- fo^^ils comirig- fvnm'ih^'j,nL-:Q 
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