Scientific confirmations of Old Testament history . twelve milesbeyond their present limits. In these beds M. Lartethas noticed the following species: Pectunculus violas-cenSj Lamk.; Purpura hemastoma, Lamk., Murexbrandaris, Linn., Columbella rustlca, Lamk., etc. Byfar the most abundant shell is that first named, and itis still the most abundant on the adjoining Mediter-ranean shore (pp. 74-75). Still another locality where the evidence is beyondquestion is at Lattakia, about thirty miles north ofBeirut. According to the description of Rev. GeorgePost, Professor in the American College a
Scientific confirmations of Old Testament history . twelve milesbeyond their present limits. In these beds M. Lartethas noticed the following species: Pectunculus violas-cenSj Lamk.; Purpura hemastoma, Lamk., Murexbrandaris, Linn., Columbella rustlca, Lamk., etc. Byfar the most abundant shell is that first named, and itis still the most abundant on the adjoining Mediter-ranean shore (pp. 74-75). Still another locality where the evidence is beyondquestion is at Lattakia, about thirty miles north ofBeirut. According to the description of Rev. GeorgePost, Professor in the American College atBeirut, Syria,—? Beds of sea-shells and corals now living in the Medi-terranean occur at elevations chiefly between one hun-dred and fifty and two hundred and fifty feet abovethe sea; but they are also found more sparingly at evenhigher levels. The principal locality where these shellshave been observed is in a valley near the village ofQutrujeh, in a mass of unsolidified clay, which is ex-tremelv full both of shells and The Map showing, in the shaded portion, the effect in LowerEgypt of a continental depression of 300 feet. The enlarge-ment of the Dead Sea was an indirect result. See pages 313and 314. Similar accumulations of recent shells are, accordingto Hull, found upon the island of Cyprus, on the broad terrace which stretches along Larnika Bay,bounded inland by a line of white limestone cliffs. The Exodus. 103 This terrace is also an old sea-bed, and the cliffs formedthe coast-line which was washed by the waves at atime when the land was submerged. These raised sea-beds have been described by Mr, R. Russell, whorecognizes in them shells of species now living in theadjoining waters of the Mediterranean (p. 76). Thus, as Professor Hull remarks,— it will be seen that all along the coast of the Levant,from Egypt, by Palestine, Syria, and extending to theIsland of Cyprus, there are indications that a period,so recent that the shells and corals are still
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