CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



THE RELATION OF GEOLOGY TO ARCHAEOLOGY AND HISTORY. 



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The Continuity between these Three Sciences . . .3 



The Three Phases of Life on the Earth .... 6 

 These Three Phases Universal . . . . .7 



Breaks in the Succession accompanied by Geographical Changes . 8 

 The History of Tertiary Life ends with Man . . .9 



The Classification of the Tertiary Period .... 9 

 The Specialisation of the Mammalia explained by the Theory of 



Evolution . . . . . .11 



CHAPTER II. 



BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL CHANGES IN BRITAIN BEFORE THE ARRIVAL 

 OF MAN. THE EOCENE PERIOD. 



The Eocene Classification . . . . . .14 



South-Eastern Coast-Line of Britain . . . .17 



Eocene Seaboard of Britain . .-'.', . .17 



Britain connected with America . . . . .20 



The Mountains . . . . . . .23 



The Kivers ....... 25 



The Lower Eocene Plants and Animals . . . .25 



Mammalia . . . . .26 



Birds . . . . . .28 



The Mid Eocene Flora . . . . . .28 



Mammalia . . . . .30 



British Upper Eocene Mammals . . . . .31 



