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           Tounderstandwhatfollowed,itmustbeborneinmindthat,throughcircumstanceshereaftertobeexplained,wewerenotreallywheretheProfessorsupposedwewere.Infactwewerenotuponthenorthshoreofthesea.

           "Nowletusstartuponfreshdiscoveries,"Isaid.

           AndleavingHanstohisworkwestartedofftogether.Thespacebetweenthewaterandthefootofthecliffswasconsiderable.Ittookhalfanhourtobringustothewallofrock.Wetrampledunderourfeetnumberlessshellsofalltheformsandsizeswhichexistedintheearliestagesoftheworld.Ialsosawimmensecarapacesmorethanfifteenfeetindiameter.Theyhadbeenthecoveringsofthosegiganticglyptodonsorarmadilloesofthepleioceneperiod,ofwhichthemoderntortoiseisbutaminiaturerepresentative.Thesoilwasbesidesthisscatteredwithstonyfragments,bouldersroundedbywateraction,andridgedupinsuccessivelines.Iwasthereforeledtotheconclusionthatatonetimetheseamusthavecoveredthegroundonwhichweweretreading.Onthelooseandscatteredrocks,nowoutofthereachofthehighesttides,thewaveshadleftmanifesttracesoftheirpowertoweartheirwayinthehardeststone.

           Thismightuptoacertainpointexplaintheexistenceofanoceanfortyleaguesbeneaththesurfaceoftheglobe.Butinmyopinionthisliquidmasswouldbelostbydegreesfartherandfartherwithintheinterioroftheearth,anditcertainlyhaditsorigininthewatersoftheoceanoverhead,whichhadmadetheirwayhitherthroughsomefissure.Yetitmustbebelievedthatthatfissureisnowclosed,andthatallthiscavernorimmensereservoirwasfilledinaveryshorttime.Perhapseventhiswater,subjectedtothefierceactionofcentralheat,hadpartlybeenresolvedintovapour.

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