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Chapter 11

           Therewereoneortwoobservationsthatwemade,however,andthesewereasfollows:

           Wesawthat,whilemanyofthelargefruit-bearingtreesgrewonlyinthevalleys,andsomeofthemonlynearthebanksofthestreams,wherethesoilwaspeculiarlyrich,thecocoa-nutpalmgrewineveryplacewhatsoevernotonlyonthehillsides,butalsoontheseashore,andeven,ashasbeenalreadystated,onthecoralreefitself,wherethesoil,ifwemayusethename,wasnothingbetterthanloosesandmingledwithbrokenshellsandcoralrock.Soneartothesea,too,didthisusefultreegrow,thatinmanyplacesitsrootswerewashedbythesprayfromthebreakers.Yetwefoundthetreesgrowingthusonthesandstobequiteasluxuriantasthosegrowinginthevalleys,andthefruitasgoodandrefreshingalso.Besidesthis,Inoticedthatonthesummitofthehighmountain,whichweoncemoreascendedatadifferentpointfromourfirstascent,werefoundabundanceofshellsandbrokencoralformations,which,JackandIagreed,provedeitherthatthisislandmusthaveoncebeenunderthesea,orthattheseamustoncehavebeenabovetheisland:inotherwords,thatasshellsandcoralcouldnotpossiblyclimbtothemountain-top,theymusthavebeenwasheduponitwhilethemountain-topwasonalevelwiththesea.Weponderedthisverymuch;andweputtoourselvesthequestion,"Whatraisedtheislandtoitspresentheightabovethesea?"Buttothiswecouldbynomeansgivetoourselvesasatisfactoryreply.

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