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continuation of Europe, not only geographically, but 

 also botanically and geologically. However, this 

 northern land must have stretched even farther not 



FIG. 13 Map of Europe, indicating approximately the distribution of 

 land and water during the earlier stages of the Glacial period 

 shortly after the period represented in Fig. 12, p. 156. The darkly 

 shaded parts indicate the areas covered by water, and the white 

 portions what was land at the time. 



perhaps farther north, but farther west. Here lay the 

 old land-connection between Scandinavia, Greenland, 

 and North America (Fig. 13). One of the highest 



