Animals Before Man 



animals. In doing this, an effort lias been made 

 to call attention to some of the causes that are 

 believed to have brought about the marked 

 changes that have taken place in the life of our 

 continent and of the world generally, as well as 

 to impart some of the varied information that 

 has been obtained from the study of fossils. 

 Something, too, has been said of the localities 

 where are to be found the fossils from which 

 the life of the past has been reconstructed, and 

 the methods followed in reproducing the ap 

 pearance of these animals and interpreting their 

 habits from a study of their bones. 



The preference has naturally been given to 

 the larger animals. As a rule, not only do we 

 know them better, but they are likely to be 

 more impressive and interesting than their small 

 associates. Just as to-day the larger animals 

 give us our clearest impressions of the differ- 

 ences between the animals of different parts of 

 the earth, so do they mark most plainly the 

 distinctions between the life of the present and 

 that of the past. 



For many reasons this book is not confined 

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