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THE argument in Dr. Wemyss Fulton's very interesting letter in NATURE of March 17, p. 359, must be divided into two parts. First, it is pointed out that the gradual recession of the east and west coast-lines of the North Atlantic Ocean from one another would explain in a very satisfactory manner the evolution of the amazing migrations of the larval eel. Secondly, it is assumed that Wegener's continental drift is the only method of effecting that gradual recession. It is possible to concur heartily with the first thesis, without admitting the second.
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DAVIES, A. The Life-Cycle of the Eel in Relation to Wegener's Hypothesis. Nature 111, 496 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111496a0
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