New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-11
GRADUAL RISE And FALL Or L5ND.

HOW IT Is ILLUSTRATED IN TIL h~t"ATl'N Z"
COAST LINES.
From Pubic opinion
series OF thirty marks we're made IN lSl
Oh the Baltic coast. from 1orn"a 10 inc Maze VI
NORWAY. and in 1884 these were examlhed Dy
commission o? the Swedish Academy OF so'
ercoe By these observations II was "staplisne
that the movement Of eleV iilon was contalhee
I'm the north and that OF depression az 'm
southern extremity OF ne peninsula A.ou
Kalmar and karlskrona no change OF e'e
could he detected as having occurred "ltnln r.
cent years. but since 400 1t was proved tss
tho head of the Gulf Of Bothnia had risen
the rate of Ito metres per century rms rae
OF elevation declines progressively to"aru 'ns
south. Ii is not more than Wv OF nheut
the Maze and il is zero at Bornholnl The meat
elevation OF the Swedish coast Is thus lW
metres per century. From these ana a most Oh
similar data. no doubt can exist regarding tiH
rise OF the Scandinavian peninsula ano .niei
entiaIly there period wh"n tne ht.u.
Ocean communicated with the Baltic lN
japanese islands are also rising ana man! dS
tricts around the sea or Ardl ana Inc C@pl@
are in a similar plight. according 10 eviueN.
equally conclusive. In more southern REGIONS
data euuall, cogcnt are ready 10 our hdha
Crete has risen seventeen feet above us ancien'
ieNcl. the old Greek ports are hlsh anu uiL
and limestone rocks which the sea never toucna
arr. 10 br found pierced by species OF sher
0sb which horrs INTO stone though II may
added so little can any law be formulated 10
gardiny these areas Of cleS alton and subsideho
that on IN. eastern side Of the island the rulM
of several Greek towns may be seen uhdei tM
wafer. Marine shells far above the highest 10.
mark are found pl.Htifully along the shores /"
South America commencing AT Terra Gel ruesV
and along the west coast for a distance OF
least two thousand miles. ANA IN patches prov
ably as far north the lsthmus OF Panama
these evidences Of upheaNal beng depos'eu ~
elevations va-yint. according To Darwin, Iy@
three hundred 10 thirteen hundred teet Over .m
sea level The raised sea beaches. whlen aN
taken as proofs OF the rising Of the land an
found no, only around the places ALREADY Nv
ticed huf along the outer coast OF Nof"a!
South America-at Coduimbo. for exanpt-~i
along many parts Of the shores of Great piaa s
AT brighton for instance, there is mafhoo
specimen Of this in the cliffs east OF n.mr
Town. while Robert Chambers wrote an e'"o
rate " lrk mainly descriptive oil lhose -
traced along the Scottish coasts al all neen
up TO one hundred feet above the preseh. S.
level Again though belonging 10 the s Snn
class Of proofs, the elevation or the coast .
Is Indicated by caves, formed by the ''IsS "s,
dash Of the waves. being found along 'hc ~, :,
OF Scotland near CampbetoWn ana WI ,hs
Cantire for example at places far ABOVE .%
reach OF the sea. which laves the Dase VI "
cliffs in which they are cXcaNdted' III I'm
uphrayal is still going on, and Inc e.h 1,nr
coast Of Africa is generally believed 10 pe aboe
Australia on the northeast II not on 'ne lid
Of the east coast, ~ rising mn i''' sis
I'm the geological history OF Tasmania Wv Ia IN
OF Hobart Town was covered ny the SEQ, ., A
New Zealand, though there II an aiea -, a.
preston on the extreme northN esteih PoN'
mass Of the land Is rising