LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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26. Map to show the effect of elevation of the earth's 



surface on the distribution of land and water in 

 Western Europe ...... 41 



27. The real test of Geology : an attempt to determine 



the distribution of land and water in past ages. 4.3 



28. Photograph of a slab of Bognor Rock (Lower 



Eocene) showing embedded marine shells . . 45 



29. Skeleton of a tapir-like aniinal (Palasotherium) as 



found enabedded in calcareous rock at Montmartre, 

 Paris 46 



30. Wings of a Dragon-fly preserved in the ancient 



limestone of the Carboniferous period or Coal- 

 bearing rocks ....... 47 



31. Pterodactyle skeleton preserved in Lithographic 



limestone, showing the impression of the mem- 

 brane of the wings ...... 47 



32. A jelly-fish (similar to the recent Aurelia auriia) 



preserved in Lithographic limestone . . 48 



33. Alternate layers of hard and soft rock (" strata ") 



forming the sea-cliff at Lyme Regis . . 49 



34. Tilted strata of the Chalk at Seaford, Sussex. 50 



35. Strata of the cliff at Lyme Regis . . .51 



36. Diagram to show the effect of the bending or im- 



diilation of the earth's crust . . . .52 



37. Ripple-marks preserved in ancient Triassic strata . 53 



38. Bird-like footprints on a slab of Triassic rock from 



Connecticut, U.S.A. . . . . .54 



39. Three-toed footprint (probably of Igvianodon) 



from the Wealden Sandstone of the Isle of Wight 54 



40. Slab of Triassic rock from Cheshire, showing hand- 



like five-fiiTgered footprints .... 55 



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