The Van Buren press., 1898-12-17
RISE AND FALL OF LAM
How II Ii Illustrated I'm th
tion Of Coast Lines in Dia.,
ent Countries.

4 series of 30 marks were noa.
1851 on the Baltic coast, from Tos,
to the Maze of Norway, and in ss 100.
these were examined by a comm;ss,s
OF the Swedish Academy of Scienas'u
By these observations it was sstss
lished that the movement of elevat,ae
was contained In the north, and th..
of depression at the southern extrsm
ity Of the peninsula. About Kalma.
and Karlskrona no change of low,
could be detected as having occurred
within recent years, but since 1850 /.
was proved that the head of the Gnlf -
Bothnia had risen at the rate Of I'm
meters per century. This rate of Ella.
vation declines progressively toward
the south. II is not more than O.3O NJ
meter at the Maze, and ii is zero a.
Bernholm. The mean elevation of tbs
Swedish coast is thus go meters nor
century. From these and a host ~
similar data, no doubt can exist rs.
garding the rise of the Scandinavia
peninsula, and inferentially there was
a period when the Arctic ocean com.
municated with the Baltic. The Jan.
anese islands are also rising, and manv
districts around the sea of Aral and
the Caspian are in a similar plight. ac.
cording to evidence equally conclusive.
In more southern regions data equally
cogent are ready to our hand. Crete
has risen II feet above its ancient
level; the old Greek ports are high and
dry, and limestone rocks which the
sea never touches are to be found
pierced by species of shellfish which
bores into stone, though, 1t may be
added, so little can any law be formu-
lated regarding these areas of eIeya-
| tion and subsistence that on the east.
ern side of the ioland the ruins Of sey.
eral Greek towns may br rsn eGler
the water Marine shells far a aboye the
highest tidal mark are found plentiful
ly along the shores of South America.
commencing at Terra del Fuego, and
along the west coast for distance Of
| at least 1000 miles, and in patches
probably as far north as the Isthmus
of Panama, these evidences of up
| heaval being deposited at elevations
varying. according to Darwin, from
| 300 to 1900 feet over the sea level The
| raised sea beaches, which are taken as
proofs of the rising Of the land, are
found not only around the places al
ready noticed, but along the outer
coast of Norway. South America-at
Cequimbo, for example-and along
many parts of the shores of Great
Britain. At Brighton, for instance,
there is a marked specimen of this In
the cliffs east of Kemp Town; while
Robert Chambers wrote an elaborate
work, mainly descriptive of those to be
| traced along the Scottish coasts at all
heights up to 100 feet above the pres
ent sea level. Again. though belong.
| Ing to the same class of proofs the
elevation of the coast here is indicated
by caves, formed by the constant dash
| of the waves, being found along the
coasts of Scotland, near Campbelltowr
| ana Ntli, III SaHiiiet ioI eAdiiPiei al
| places far above the reach of the sea
which laves the base of the cliff IL
which they are excavated. In Nata
upheaval is still going on, and the east
ern coast of Africa Is generally be
lieved to be rising; Australia, on th'
northeast IL not on the whole of tht
east coast, is rising. Until late peri
cd in the geological history of Tas
mania, the site Of Hobart Town wa
covered by the sea, and in New Zea
land, though there is an area of de
preston on the extreme northwestern
point, the mass Of the land is rising
| publio 0pinion