ANIMAL REMAINS. 75 
form of Pterodactyles. The earth was probably 
fL ^ much covered with water, and 
ose portions of land which had emerged above 
frequently agitated by 
quakes, inundations, and atmospheric irre- 
hiffhp^*^*! extensively occupied by any 
higher order of quadrupeds than reptiles. 
of thp* reptiles, and also that 
of the vegetable remains,* of the secondary for- 
- 'r 
the wandering savao-es of A list r ’ . afford 
■t u .n»c .h.„Z£,it r V r'"*' • '•« 
bj civiliztd man „„ th. oTaUlZ ZT ’’ Z""' 
tractable ruminants nrp =.1 t ® valuable and 
"I'M >h. kangaroo was oniZe '.7°“''"® °° 
iadnlg TMonol'rT’ “ ‘l"“ Ike Ma.sapial., 
>e th. a,.i,„ila,io„ of evZ fZ 7 “"‘f’''*' *"“■ •'"’I’*"* 
doubt, with enough of in.f^ ! no 
selves from extermination Tl to preserve them- 
higher intellectual powers’ than"thrR 
a strong support to the t o f ^ ^ ‘“^eed, 
•vonvipais ZIZ tf ZlZZ 17 S a* 
ns hitherto, to be the sole ..a . ’ ■ should be found, 
V-Mbrata, i„ the .ecoudlZr'-ZZ,'’*''"' 
f ^‘-ta differ from 
beds of valuable coy^i accumulated 
^I°orlands near CZ 
®rora in the coiini re Yorkshire, and that of 
the oolite form t’^^ “dierland, occurs in the lower region of 
ame tornuition, and is of superior quality. 
