Vlll PEEFACE. 



Under the title Csenozoic, I wish the reader to 

 comprehend with me not only the Eocene, Meiocene, 

 and Pleiocene of Lyell, but the whole series of Supra- 

 cretaceous deposits; the latest geological age being 

 chiefly distinguishable by the presence and activity of 

 MAN, for whom the Book of the Strata, inscribed with 

 the earlier Wonders of Nature, has been given to be 

 opened with care and deciphered with reverence, by 

 the help of comparison with the living inhabitants of 

 the Land and Sea. 



OXFOBD, 



Oct. 1860. 



