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ihe 'Paris Basin, we propose now to correlate the Ancient 

 Inhabitants. Sir Richard Owen will enable us to do so. We 

 "will inspect thera in the order which he has given us : 1. 

 Mtxcacns eocejitis. The remains of a monkey were found in a 

 •deposit of -th-e Eocene Peri(xl at Kyson, England. This is 

 •allied to tiie Gibraltar monkey. 2. Didelphis (? )^ GolcheBter, 

 Owen. 3. Bideiphis gypsoriim, Cnvier. Owen says, Cuvier 

 'demonstrated thut there was entombed in the g\'psum of Paris 

 an animal (opossum) whose genus at the present day is confined 

 to St uth America and tiic soirthern J)art3 of Xorth America. 

 Well might Cuvier exclaim, when the delicate but clear lines 

 of the parts ii« -sought became manifest, "Que ces lineamens 

 aont precieux !" How precious are these lineaments ! 4. 

 Coryphod«n mcemii? (Ctfri/fihe, a point; oih s, a tooth). The 

 Temains of this pachyJemi, as we have al "eady noticed in a 

 preceding No. (35) were fcmnd in the Eocem Clays of Harwich 

 and Croydon. It is allied to the Tapir, " w4iose most common 

 food is vegetable, and consists of wild fruits, buds and shoofs. 

 The abundance and variety of the fossil remains of fruits, 

 most of them of a -tropical character, which have been obtained 

 ironi the same deposits of Eocene Clay (London Clay) as that 

 which has yielded the Remains of Cory^hodon, indicate the 

 extent and nature of those dark and dense primsBval forests in 

 which the Coryphodon obtained its subsistence." 5. Lopliicxlon. 

 '6. Lophwdon mintmas, Dwarf Lophiodon. This was found 

 in the Eocene Clay of Brac4ilesliam. In this clay were found the 

 Is ummulites idready noticed (19). 7. Palae»t/ieniini magnum. 

 This has already been noticed among the mammals of Mont- 

 martre and elsewhere. Teeth h ive also been found in the fresh 

 water eocene marl at Seafi«ld in the Isle ©f V/ight. 8. Paleo- 

 ■therium meMum—^middle. sized. Remains of tiiis Palaeothere, 

 named medium by Cuvier, wei"c found in Binstead, Isle of 

 Wight. 9. Palaentherinm craitenm. This was found in the 

 ■same locality. 10. Palaeothermm minus. Of this elegant 

 species the fresh water eocene deposits of the Isle of Wight 

 ■have furnished several specimens, mora entire and better pre- 

 served than those of the larger Palaeotheres. 





