...valleys continued on beneath the sea, and their enclosing ridges standing out in long narrow points, there is reason to suspect that the island has subsided...sea on every side, like the spread legs of a spider. The absence of such coves, on the contrary, is evidence that any subsidence which has taken place,...

...several valleys continued on beneath the sea, and inclosing ridges standing out in long narrow points, there is reason to suspect that the island has subsided...sea on every side, like the spread legs of a spider. The absence of such coves, on the contrary, is evidence that any subsidence which has taken place,...

...several valleys continued on beneath the sea, and inclosing ridges standing out in long narrow points, there is reason to suspect that the island has subsided...without changing the even outline into one of deep coves ov bays, the ridges projecting out to sea on every side, like the spread legs of a spider. The absence...

...long, narrow points, there is reason to expect that the land has subsided after the formation of the valleys. For such an island as Tahiti could not subside...bays, the ridges projecting out to sea on every side. . . . The absence of such coves, on the contrary, is evidence that any subsidence which has taken place...

...long narrow points, there is reason to expect that the island has subsided after the formation of the valleys. For such an island as Tahiti could not subside...changing the even outline into one of deep coves or bay?, the ridges projecting out to sea on every side. . . . The absence of such coves, on the contrary,...