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(18.) That paleolithic man, and species of mammalia charac- 
teristic of the temperate and 
abounded in our country at this 
and river-bed: 
warm-temperate zone, may 
time, and left their relics in caves 
ZO have 
(19.) That while the mild period continued, subsidence ensued 
in northern Europe, b 
level of the waves. (Formation of 
(20.) That this depression in northern Eur 
is movement of elevation in the south, asindicated by the old 
(2 
t. 
1.) That ift : 
of subsid if the upheaval in the 
a legs depth than 100 fathoms. 
(22.) Th 
period con 
which means Britain, from the north of 
the kames, eskers, asar, etc.) 
at the Dirnten lignite beds accumulated while this mild 
tinued in Italy and the north of Europe. 
23.) That when the submergence was approaching its limits = 
b (24.) That consequently such a change of climate could not have 
€en due to geographical causes. 
(2 
5.) Th 
. 
glaciers of Switzerland advanced 
Oraines” some portion of those 
at during the submergence in northern Europe, the 
it 
and covered up with “ newer 
deposits which had gathered 
mild p 
(26.) That similarly in Italy the Alpine glaciers stole out from 
i the plains of Pi 
(2 
time 
iene land in the south of Europe bein 
ably of greater extent than it is now 
(28.) That the cold of this period di 
earlier stages of the Glacial epoch 
that 
(29.) 
ip 
form: 
of th 
9, 
That if any deposits indica 
ed in the Mediterranean, 
e 
That the movement of depression in 
f Piedmont, 
tive of a cold sea were at this 
they must be still under water, 
g at that period most pro- 
* 
d not approach in severity 
the north of Europe 
