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of real historical evidence, to show what the climate of a particular dand really 
was three or four thousand years ago, it seems tc > me impose* 
Mr Hopkins’s theory as true. I am not denying his facts that the latitude 
and longitude, astronomically considered, have altered to the extenthe .says 
T am looking at the matter from a purely practical point of view. Does that 
alteration of latitude involve a change of climate ? and taking account o 
"stance of Palestine, I am compelled to conclude that it does not ; for 
though the latitude may have altered astronomically, it has cause 
corresponding alteration of climate. What foUows then » 
latitude of Greenland, of England, of Australia have wmd to * ^exten 
that he says they have, and I am quite prepared to admit it, still this doe 
not involve what Mr. Hopkins would have Us think it does, -the change of 
climate The latitude has moved, but the climate we have no ground 
Sg has thereby altered in the least I am afraid I am akmg up a 
great deal of your time (No, no), hut I was interested in the matter, 
and have gone into it somewhat fully. Now just a few remarks on 
the subiect of the time involved in Geological changes generally 
What does history show us as to the penod which has a; pse wi o 
anv change in the surface of the globe having taken place! I take a am 
the land of Palestine, or rather one remarkable portion of it, the Dead Sea. 
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Both of these can be accounted for by one geological mutation, viz., the 
liftinv up of the great salt mountain. There is no doubt that the great salt 
° } , , lif+pfi nn since you find surrounding it on all sides a 
^ • Uiva hpcn nushed up with the deposit on its top. The same 
the u. m. Tristmn to be observablo in tho salt momitamo of tfae 
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^TitToTlattf you could take the salt out of the Dead Sea, you 
would not only ’leave the southern lagoon entirely dry, but would also sin 
the water level of the northern basin several yards deeper. The e eva ion o 
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