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Isld near coast of America not reached. Juan. Galapagos. Cocos

Ulloa's voyage

North of Callao, the country, to the distance of 3 or 4 leagues from the coast may be concluded to have been covered by the sea - judge from the pebbles such as those on the beach—"This is particularly observable in a bay about five leagues North of Callao, called Marques, where in all appearances not many years since; the sea covered above half a league of what is now Terra Firma & the extent of a league & a half a long the coast. The rocks in the most inland part of this bay are perforated & smoothed like those washed by the waves, a (105

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sufficient proof that the sea formed these large cavities", &c &c &c Vol II. Chapt VIII. p: 97

at Potosi the veins run from North to South, inclining a little to the West: the veins which follow this direction are thought by the most intelligent miners to be the richest Vol II 147

Shells at Concepcion 50 toises above the sea = talks of them being packed clean & without earth. Moreover that such do not occur on the beaches. Perhaps these facts attest a decided elevation of sea's bottom beds of shells. 2–3