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bottom of the bay was constantly being shifted
and bars being made and removable. Perhaps
at no time was the [illegible] more than 20 fts.
under water while the outer cups extended
from sea level to low depths. The "raised"
coral reef wall is then the equivalent of
the [illegible] white and represents a time when
the sea stood at least as far higher than
it does now. This may have been just
previous to the glacial period, and during
the glacial period Florida came more and
more out of the waters as the sea waters
came to be more and more deposited as
snow in the polar regions. When all of
the snow caps are melted [illegible]
again be under the sea.
This any later crime is then very different
from Agassiz's.
Agassiz says that the [illegible] white is
a wind blown deposit and not created with
the fossils left there afterwards.