32-36 Fishes { heterocercal; allied } 4 Old Red Sandstone } 2nd month, that of a fish;
{ to crustacea / /
{ Sauroid Fishes \
37 Batrachia (frogs, &c.) Batrachia \
} 5 Carboniferous
39 Sauria (lizards, &c.) Sauria / formation
40 Chelonia (tortoises) Chelonia / 3rd month, that of a turtle;
41-46 Birds _Footsteps of Birds_ 6 New Red Sandstone 4th month, that of a bird;
47 Cetacea (dolphins, whales, &c.) _Bones of a \
Cetaceous Animal_ } 7 Oolite
_Bones of a Marsupial_ /
8 Chalk
48 Pachydermata (tapirs, &c.) Pachydermata \
49 Edentata (sloths) Edentata \
50 Rodentia (squirrels, hare, &c.) Rodentia \ 5th month, that of a rodent;
51 Marsupialia (opossums, &c.) Marsupialia \
52 Ruminantia (oxen, stag, &c.) Ruminantia \ 6th month, that of a ruminant;
53 Amphibia (seals) } 9 Tertiary
54 Digitigrada (dog, cat, &c.) Digitigrada / 7th month, that of a digitigrade animal;
55 Plantigrada (bear, &c.) Plantigrada /
56 Insectivora (shrew, &c.) Insectivora /
57 Cheiroptera (bats) Cheiroptera /
58 Quadrumana (apes) Quadrumana / 8th month, that of the quadrumana;
29 Bimana (man) Bimana 10 Superficial deposits 9th month, attains full human character.



TRANSMUTATION OF SPECIES.

In the two last sections we have gone through the earth's geological