346 QUESTIONS. 



259. What is said of the formation of mountains at the close of the 

 Reptilian age, and in the age after it ? Give in full what is said of 

 the evidence in regard to this. 



260. What is stated about the heights at which animal remains are 

 found in the mountains raised at that time ? What is said of the de- 

 struction of life at the end of this age ? What is Hugh Miller's divi- 

 sion of the life of the earth ? What is said of new creations ? 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



261. In the age of Mammals, how was the condition of the earth 

 more like its present condition than it was in the previous ages? 

 What is meant by Cainozoic time ? What are its divisions ? 



262. -What is said of the terms primary, secondary, and tertiary ? 

 Give in full what is said of Lyell's division. Of what kinds, mostly, 

 were tertiary deposits? 



263. What is said of Tertiary mediterranean seas ? State in full 

 what is said of the Paris basin. What is said of the areas of Tertiary 

 deposits ? 



264. What are the Tertiary rocks? What is said of some of the 

 Tertiary strata of Europe ? What is said of Nummulites ? 



265. State in full what is said of the Nummulitic formation. 

 '266. What is said of Tertiary plants ? Give in full Avhat is said of 



diatoms. What is said of Tertiary animals ? 



267. What comparison is made between Tertiary animals and those 

 of the present age ? What is said of the fishes ? 



268. What of the reptiles? What of the mollusks? Give the 

 statement about the arrangement of a cliff in Virginia. 



269. State some of the inferences drawn from the condition of 

 shells in strata. State in full what is said of indusial limestones. 



270. What is said of the Mammals of this age ? 



271. What is said of the whale called Zeuglodon cetoides ? 



272. To what class did the most prominent of Tertiary mammals 

 belong? Describe those which are represented in Fig. 164. What 

 comparison is made between the pachydermata of the present time 

 and those whose remains were found in the Paris basin ? 



273. What is said of Cuvier's investigations? To what conclusion 

 did he come? How were his views received? State in full what is 

 said of the Dinotherium. 



275. Indicate the extent of Tertiary mountain-making. Give in 

 full the comparison between the Tertiary mountains and those made 

 in earlier ages. 



276. What is said of systems of rivers ? What evidences are there 

 of the working of volcanic agencies in the Tertiary period ? What is 

 the explanation of the distinctness of some of the cones in France? 



