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Show Youthful Mountains As old as the hills means little lu Haiti, for the mountains there are very young and the earth's crust very mobile. Ir. Wendell I'. Woodnng of the United States geological survey says that the risini: of these bills probably prob-ably causes the earthquakes which at intervals shake Hie northern part of I the country. Some of ttie coral reel caps cover marine terraces Ihut rise like gigantic stairs from sea level to n height of abort l.r00 feet. These lerraces, begun Id Miooi-ne time. ar preserved because f the aridltv of th climate and underground druiuaga. |