Nor should we be justified in assuming that if, for instance, the bed of the Pacific Ocean were now converted into a continent we should there find sedimentary formations, in recognisable condition, older than the Cambrian strata, supposing such to have been formerly deposited;
Ezta ez litzateke justifikatuko honako hau onartzea ere, alegia, baldin, adibidez, Ozeano Barea orain kontinente bihurtuko balitz, han kanbriar estratuak baino formazio sedimentario zaharragoak aurkituko genituzkeela ezagutzeko moduko egoeran, formazio horiek behiala han metatu egin zirela suposaturik;