CONTENTS. XI 



THE THIED, OR MODERN EPOCH. 



CHAPTER XII. 



PAGE 



THE INTRODUCTION OF LAND ANIMALS AND THE COMMENCE- 

 MENT OF THE TERTIARY PERIOD IN WESTERN EUROPE . 265 



CHAPTER XIII. 



THE CONDITION OF EUROPE AFTER THE OLDER TERTIARY BEDS 

 HAD BEEN DEPOSITED, BUT PREVIOUS TO THE HISTORIC 

 PERIOD . . . . ... 292 



CHAPTER XIV. 



THE CONDITION OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA, AND NEW ZEALAND 



DURING THE TERTIARY PERIOD . 329 



CHAPTER XV. 



THE CONDITION OF SOUTH AMERICA DURING THE TERTIARY 



PERIOD ....... 349 



CHAPTER XVI. 



GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING THE RESULTS OF GEO- 

 LOGICAL INVESTIGATION . . , 380 



