THE PRE-ADAMITE EARTH. 



Fig. 171.* Map of western and central Europe in the Cretaceous Age, sketched by 

 M. Elie de Beaumont. 



405. The Pyrenean basin, as will presently appear, did not exist 

 at the commencement of the Cretaceous age, but subsequently to 

 its third period reappeared, its waters covering the greater part of 

 Spain, including Madrid, Burgos, and other towns, as shown on 

 the map. Marseilles and Perpignan were at;the bottom of a strait 

 which bounded the southern part of the great central tract. A large 



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* The dark shading represents land. 



