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flonis iiii(U*r llie nfiiiie n)' liinj^lid or Silisliiiri:i ailiiuitKidcs |{c<'i', uikI the •)H|>aneso 

 giant-saliiinandi-r l>c'liiii;;iiig to tlie gi-nus iSii-ludilia whoso ikmiicsI nil ii* an' found 

 in ini(xx'ne duposits of Kiiroj«. 



Of course it would lend nic too far, if I would go through the recent 

 fiiniii» or flom of Jii|Ktti, in order to flucidiite tliew thest-»! inon" in detJiil. It 

 may sullice to have jiointed out here tlicir p-neral and most htrikirig ft-utun«, 

 and to ap[>ly the laws t)ius derived to tliat {»< ition of the faunas, which is 

 imlR«<lde<l in the strata wliich constitute the forinationn of tlie plain of Tokio, and 

 wliich therefore will lie the ohject of the OiUowing chajiters. 



