...a subsidence of a limited area marked by lines of ' fault' or fissures crossing each other somewhat at right angles. In other and more simple language,...during some of those convulsive movements which must attend the upheaval of so extensive and elevated a chain, no matter how slow we may imagine the process...

...support being withdrawn from underneath during some of those convulsive movements which must attend the upheaval of so extensive and elevated a chain,...how slow we may imagine the process to have been." l Although this he considers " an event which can be absolutely proved to have occurred," I am unable...

...that the surface of the region "sank, owing to its support being withdrawn from underneath, durring some of those convulsive movements, which must have...the upheaval of so extensive and elevated a chain." There is a similar but smaller valley on the Tuolumne River, twelve miles further north. It is three...

...fault, or fissures, crossing each other somewhat nearly at right angles. In other and more simple words, the bottom of the valley sank down to an unknown depth,...movements which must have attended the upheaval of so extended and elevated a chain, no matter how slow we may imagine the process to have been. By the adoption...

...other somewhat nearly at right angles. In other and more simple language, (he bottom of the Valley sunk down to an unknown depth, owing to its support being withdrawn from beneath.* The late Prof. Benjamin Silliman, of Yale College, thought that it was caused through some...

...other somewhat nearly at right angles. In other and more simple language, the bottom of the Valley sunk down to an unknown depth, owing to its support being withdrawn from beneath.* The late Prof. Benjamin Sillimau, of Yale College, thought that it was caused through some...

...above the level of the sea. Prof. JD Whitney advances the theory that the bottom of the valley sunk down to an unknown depth owing to its support being withdrawn from beneath. The greatest scientists of modern times have visited and explored the region, and all are...

...lines of fault or fissures crossing each other nearly at right angles. In other and more simple words, the bottom of the valley sank down to an unknown depth,...extensive and elevated a chain, no matter how slow we imagine the process to have been. After showing that subsidence is a well-ascertained fact, the only...

...underneath during FIG. 4.— VIROIS'S TEARs WATERFALL, 3,000 n.<.r. YOSEHITK VALLKY. some of-those convulsive movements which must have attended the...extensive and elevated a chain, no matter how slow we imagine the process to have been. After showing that subsidence is a well-ascertained fact, the only...

...underneath during Fio. 4. — VIRGIN'S TBABS WATERFALL, 3,000 FEET. VOSEMITE VALLEY. some of-those convulsive movements which must have attended the...extensive and elevated a chain, no matter how slow we imagine the process to have been. the only difficulty in this place being the great vertical displacement...