[{388}] See Origin, Ed i. p. 393, vi. p. 547. The discussion is much fuller in the present Essay.

[{389}] See Origin, Ed. i. p. 339, vi. p. 485.

[{390}] In the Origin, Ed. i. p. 339, vi. p. 485, which corresponds to this part of the present Essay, the author does not make a separate section for such cases as the occurrence of fossil Marsupials in Europe (Origin, Ed. i. p. 340, vi. p. 486) as he does in the present Essay; see the section on Changes in geographical distribution, p. 177.

[{391}] “We can understand how it is that all the forms of life, ancient and recent, make together one grand system; for all are connected by generation.” Origin, Ed. i. p. 344, vi. p. 491.

[{392}] The word hyæna is erased. There appear to be no fossil Hyænidæ in S. America.

[{393}] See [note 1, p. 175], also Origin, Ed. i. p. 340, vi. p. 486.

[{394}] «Note by the author.» And see Eocene European mammals in N. America.

[{395}] «Note by the author.» All this requires much verification.

[{396}] This point seems to be less insisted on in the Origin.

[{397}] Origin, Ed. i. p. 356, vi. p. 504.