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PREFACE. 
This series comprises the private collections of Mantell, Dixon, 
Bowerbank, Capron, and others ; whilst the Lebanon Chalk is 
represented by the fine series derived from the collection of the late 
Prof. E. It. Lewis, formerly of the Syrian Protestant College, 
Beyrout. The London Clay series is also enriched by the Dixon, 
Bowerbank, Enniskillen, Egerton, Gardner, and Shrubsole Collections. 
The restorations of fishes have been prepared by Miss G- M. 
Woodward, who has also drawn the lithographed plates. 
Geological Department, 
October 7 th, 1901. 
HENRY WOODWARD. 
