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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

THE RELATION OF GEOLOGY TO ARCHÆOLOGY AND HISTORY.

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The Continuity between these Three Sciences

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The Three Phases of Life on the Earth

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These Three Phases Universal

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Breaks in the Succession accompanied by Geographical Changes

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The History of Tertiary Life ends with Man

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The Classification of the Tertiary Period

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The Specialisation of the Mammalia explained by the Theory of Evolution

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CHAPTER II.

BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL CHANGES IN BRITAIN BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF MAN.—THE EOCENE PERIOD.

The Eocene Classification

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South-Eastern Coast-Line of Britain

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Eocene Seaboard of Britain

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Britain connected with America

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The Mountains

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The Rivers

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The Lower Eocene Plants and Animals

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„„Mammalia

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„„Birds

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The Mid Eocene Flora

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„„Mammalia

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British Upper Eocene Mammals

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