riiK srccKssiox ok DKi'osns. ;; 



'( 



{/>) Miil-l'h ixtfiniii' : Sllhlllci'LJcilcc of CKiisIs ilixl VC- 



el('\iiii(iii (tf iiitcriur iilutcaiis with iiiiMcr 

 cliiMiilc. liiUii'-^Iiiciiil pciiod. 

 {(•) Ltihr /'/risfmriir : Siilimcr^'ciicc (if iilaiiis, hidI 

 L;('iH'ial icf (Iril't, willi local j^luciuis in 

 iiiDUiitaiiis. 



Kaulv Miiuhijn ()i; I'(»st-( ii.AciAi,. — Sccuiul cuiitiiiciital 

 ])OJ'i(M|, ill wliicli lilt' lainl I'cLiains aliimsl all the 

 cxtciisioii (if ilic I'lidcciic lime. A'^v (if the MamiiKilh 

 and MashMldii and (if I'ala'dCdsiiiic man. — I '(t.sl -glacial 

 Fauna. 



MuhiciiN (II! llKcKNT.—Suliincruciicc (if sIkuI duration, 

 ti'i'iiiiiialiu^ tilt! a^'(! of rala'ocosmic man. |{('-(d('\a- 

 tioii of contiiicnis lo jircscnl levels. Modein I'aci's 

 of men iind Modern haiina. 



Lei US now eolisidei' liie sexeral liienilieis of llie I'k'I.S- 

 toeeiie more in delail, u.speeially in those re^i^ions in which 

 ihev liaM' lieeii .-tudied liv the author. 



(IKXKH.M. DK.SCHIITIOX OF ri.Kl.STOCKNK DKI'OSITS. 

 \,— Tlir Loirrr lluiiUUi'-i'liUj. 



Throuuliout a ureal part of t'amida there i.s over all 

 ihe lower levels a true "Till," consisting- of hard '^xwy 

 (day, tilled with stones and thi(d<ly packed with houldor.s, 

 in niaiiy ])laci's, however, the (day liecomes sandy, and in 

 some ])ortions of the ujtper earhoniferous and triassic 

 aieas, the ])asle is an incoherent .sand. The mass is usually 

 destitute of any stratification or suhordinate lamination; 

 hut sometimes in llii(d\ lieds horizontal line.s of dilt'erent 

 texture or ctjlour can he perceived, and occasionally the 

 clay intervening l)etween tho stones heeomes laminated, 

 or at least shows such a structure when disintegi-ated hy 



