Vlll CONTENTS. 



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Upper Eocene Mammalia of the Continent . . .32 



The Order Primates represented . . . . .34 



Climate of Britain Tropical . . . . .35 



General Conclusions . . . . . .35 



Man not here 36 



CHAPTEE III. 



BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL CHANGES IN BRITAIN BEFORE THE ARRIVAL 

 OF MAN. THE MEIOCENE PERIOD. 



The Meiocene Classification . . . ' ". ' . 38 



Genera of Meiocene Mammalia now living . . .39 



The Southern Seaboard . . . . 40 



Continuity with North America . . . . .43 



The Mountains . . . . . . .44 



Meiocene Volcanoes in British Islands . . . .45 



The Meiocene Kivers . . . . ' . '!;. . . 47 



The British Meiocene Forests . ... . . . 47 



Meiocene Flora of the Hebrides and Ireland . . .49 



on the Continent . . . . .49 



Lower Meiocene Mammals . . . . . 53 



Birds . . . - . . .54 



Mammals inhabiting Forests of the Mid Meiocene Age . .55 



Land Mammalia and Birds of Upper Meiocenes . . .59 



Meiocene Geography on the Continent . . . .61 



The Meiocene Climate . . . . . .62 



No Evidence of Glacial Period in the Meiocene Age . .65 



No Proof of Man in Europp in the Meiocene Age . . .66 



CHAPTEE IV. 



BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL CHANGES IN NORTH-WESTERN EUROPE 



BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF MAN. THE PLEIOCENE PERIOD. 



British Pleiocene Strata . . . . . 71 



Geography of Britain in the Pleiocene Age . .72 



Evidence of Icebergs in the North Sea, off the Coast of Britain . 75 



The Pleiocene Flora . . . . . .77 



Pleiocene Climate . . . . . .78 



Lower Pleiocene Mammalia of France . . . 79 



