126 PALEONTOLOGICAL EVIDENCE OF 
To sum up all the evidence which has been gathered on this 
subject, we may say that our Tertiary formations probably range 
through all the various Miocene periods which are represented 
by different — ‘on other portions of the globe. We — 
certainly conclude that the whole of the central parts of Sout 
Australia, the north of Tasmania, and the Isla nds of Bass’ Straits, 
Tei is also evident that our fossils are with very few exceptions 
such as we only find at present in much warmer seas. s fact, 
which all palzontologists are agreed upon, joined to the discovery 
of certain reef-buil kinds in Tasmania, has led to a most 
pee discussion gy at the Geological Society of Lon- 
of a. pith crust on & uid an en ma t seems = me, 
overturned, and really give us no insight into the —— lf 
I might venture to offer an opinion to men so much mo 
than 1 myself to judge, I should say that the theory is eae much 
for the facts. If anything altered the axis of the earth, so as to 
iio hon the most © ar iss thickened sae of the ornamen- 
ee 
