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In every concavity at the summit of the mountains we shall always
find the divisions of the strata in the rocks.
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83.
OF THE SEA WHICH ENCIRCLES THE EARTH.
I find that of old, the state of the earth was that its plains were
all covered up and hidden by salt water. [Footnote: This passage has
already been published by Dr. M. JORDAN: Das Malerbuch des L. da
Vinci, Leipzig 1873, p. 86. However, his reading of the text
differs from mine.]
The authorities for the study of the structure of the earth.
9
84.
Since things are much more ancient than letters, it is no marvel if,
in our day, no records exist of these seas having covered so many
countries; and if, moreover, some records had existed, war and
conflagrations, the deluge of waters, the changes of languages and
of laws have consumed every thing ancient. But sufficient for us is
the testimony of things created in the salt waters, and found again
in high mountains far from the seas.
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