that where, fand Jiesv'teÉhen in -a» Jipatum onithe hâgh'éff hîllsyfjor 'xti-
cliffs far aMoveiull-fea mark* withtoaarine bodies1,^either nfexedfin and
throughout, or depofited in a diftinct feparatG&layers * Of„-botlu thefe
phsenomenaX fliall .defcribe ltwof remarkable ij&ftânces,“.- and then
endeavour to.-gnveftigateifche caufe.
®St juft. In a Greek,.. Called .Por’nanvohjtsin 'the parifli of St. Juft,' Peas
with, nearn Cape Cornwall, iin the Norijhfpn .mart of-»; the, cliff,
. (Plate XIX. Èig. IV.) inferted»under the clay»and rubble, are ranged
horizontally many rowes o f large arid ftnall roundifh pebblést of the
granite kind (from B .E .to Cv).^j the covering o^this pebbly, ftratum
is fifty feet deep from A to B on the North end, « but only twenty
from D to E on the South, confifting o f a rough -yellow clay,
charged here- and there with large and fmall ftones, all with: their;
angles on, but no folid Jlratum of rock ,a*boye thé pèbblès. It is a
very remarkable ftrudture which this cliff prefent-s, us«^with, and
highly deferves the attention of the'eyffous in all itfs^parfe., - -Firft,
the large pebbles, from-one foot and ,a h a lf ’diametêr,'>Ço{fix -inches,
which are iiiferted now in the cliff, are of the fame'ffafe a p j textùre
as thofe ftrewed on the ftrand below, which, being toffgd tq
and fro by the force I ff .the tide,, owe tbCi^^^ndne^Eff^ftipro,-
bably to their circumvolutions'. ’ -"^eôndî^Xvmüfl: -obferve,, that,
upon examining the interftices of this ^zbbly-Jlratum, I found many
fmall black killas and flatty pones, all with .their, adglê^&foô'thëd
off, and between them fand of different *fâ|ids ppj:? different leydlsi«
That land which was undermoft, confifted oftranJparept. granules.,
fpeekled with black, tailed fait,. Jgft a little- côlôyr of-earth betwixt
the fingers, but fo little that it fcarce coloured,-the, water ,in, which
I wafhed it : the land, higher up in this firàtum, was lè’fs pure,;
approaching to the colour o f reddilh clay ; bul higher up, the fand,
was o f à ftronger yellow, equally fait, left fome- fine.-clày^pn »the
fingers, and in the ffiicrofcope had many opaque and angular little
yellow mafies among its particles, as being more, affedfed with the
clay and gravel which lay over it, than whât was deeper. In Ihort,
the fand of thefe interftices, though now fifteen feet higher n k a
medium than full-lea mark, had all the evidence which could be expected,
that it had come from the lea, and was afterwards covered
by a lead o f rubbifly from twenty to fifty feet deep.
in St. Agnes. Again : One of the highell hills adjoining to the lea fhore, which
we have in Cornwall, is St. Agnes Beacon, on the fide of which
mountain, computed at leaft 480 feet above the level of the fea,
tia&Jlrata, upon digging, appear in the following order : The vegetable
foil and common rubble under it, five feet deep ; a fine
fort
fort vof- whitman g H | | c l^ g f c h e b e d f o r t of which tobaccd
^ h a p ^ m ^ . b e e n , m a fd t o ^ f è ^ ^ d f e r § 1 $ kyer of
fea?feeldw*, * fi&feet; beneath
^hicki^aAyen^feEoyföded as H beach of the
fe,a affords. U n d e r * , s t e ftony’ fübble and
theirCdtoffe. -
In botMriefemxftamaes^tbe* fea f e d # M g e f f^ ïk b o v e the le v eM 1
H — 15- feet
higher^Jthan fü p fcato rk -.r , 0n the
1 grounds o % ^ % He s ^ e ^ t h e iB » n , i t ^ n è ^ M ^ ^
; M M P — M l fitu^fon,'öf:hiaflne
bodies, 1 A w h tch'^&e^u rp&fe ly^ llnitlfefW.felfoun di’ in b S
countries, iar in,Holland, Italy; ait%élfe,véhere,- whichufeave*made all
the cfoef Maturahfts agrêe,
highell unountains, ( as; well befehOWartgfof
the bottom of thesfea#,though nowS^mudk^igfcte *. UAnd indeC'd
letmus rerconhdu and turn thift* uicumllantts into1 cVcu^iioffible
light, and it muff at- lafblfe confoffedy that ttebhdtbf the featabeeh
undoubtedly movedv.upwards more'infforri^ than W H H M i
Which I take-thefe two Ibefore-mehtionedünftaricesJtofoekièefraghblë
proofs) ■ and it | may be added, | g | , only in |GbrnwhM|n.büt -tèrbugK-
put lèeumverfe. „But h ow ^ n d whent thiybappehed, how fclfefe 1 H “ s™ e ƒ roihoted%their’ prefentrffation,fl^ot eafify'decided!
That filh ofrall ford, ’fHoüld raife thêrfelfe^t5& * tb p S 'b f? n ïèW li^
with the waters of the .deluge femtófo wonderful} ■ that,éteyChdü'M ,
;S be,untangled, fuffocated, and deferted there, the watertóellted,
and precipitated by -defeending .torrents into > bodies |of diffofvëd
earths and Hones, is alfo eafy tor cóhceive^bïiehërè'the bottom o’f thé
fea V : been raifed, fixed, and. beeomEe" diy flahdü * earthquake
could be..the.caufe.of this, forrthe^convulfibns idfran-rearthquake -
■ would not leave the: pebbles .and fands- fo horizontally -placed/ aMn .
i Por nanvon? cliff, nor . the clays^fands/ and1 fliingle,->;&,! orderly^ and
fpecifically ranged, and the fohfuqck fó'frm^and.uilaken'rfliide#'
neath, as in Sn AghèS:hflls. The-caufe oithfeMevatfonev^sethtre-
fore equal to the force o f earthquakes, but gende and’«equkb}e,'ia<£i^ 1
ing under certain laws and reftridlions, in order tö,acc©mplilh *fome
great event} ail event requiring;and worthyfofffich allonilhing alterations.
This great event could be.nonbther than the-ubiverfal
deluge; I do not produce thefe phenomena, the tranflation ’of
fends, as diredl natural proofs ofethei deluge, .• (that refts foffiëiently firm
uponjevelation, as well as the exwoice of marine, animals 'everywhere
dilperfed on dry,lands) but as plaimihtimations of the manner in.which
v T * 4»* WP* 7" an^ t * ‘ * Ra^^yfiitjo-tllenlogicalDifcAiirfeSj pa.
IJohalt ii. VW. §tfcnos Prddromus, M **', b S, &ird edition. '
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