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Essay on the Theory of the Earth

Note 405 — GEOLOGICAL ILLUSTRATIONS, (continued 2)

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T. ix. c. 6. Claudian describes this occurrence in the following words:

“Cum Thessaliam scopulis inclusa teneret Peneo stagnante palus, et mersa negarent Arva coli, trifida Neptunus euspide montes Impulit adversos: tum forti saucius ictu Dissiluit gelido vertex Ossæus Olympo.” De raptu Proserp. I. ii. v. 179.

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