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ADDENDUM 



[The Report regarding the New Holland Fossil Bones not 

 having reached us in time for insertion along with the ac- 

 count of the Caves, we, rather than delay it until next Num- 

 ber, place it here, although somewhat out of place, consider- 

 ing its importance as a sufficient apology for this irregularity.] 



On the Fossil Bones found in the Bone-Caves and Bcme-Breccia 

 of New Holland, By Professor Jameson. 



My friend and former pupil Dr Adam, Fellow of the Royal 

 College of Physicians, having, after much labour, cleared the 

 teeth and bones from the stony and earthy matter in which they 

 were enveloped, we endeavoured to determine the animals to 

 which they belonged. The general result of our examination 

 was, that some of the teeth were those of the wombat, some be- 

 longed to the 'kangaroo, others we could not refer, from want of 

 means of comparison. One bone, from its great size, particu- 

 larly arrested our attention, from its appearing to belong to an 

 animal larger than any of the living species in the Australian 

 world. It appeared, on comparing it with the splendid skele- 

 ton of the hippopotamus in the Museum, to resemble the radial 

 bone of that animal. 



That every justice might be done to the interesting collection 

 sent to me from New Holland, I had it conveyed to London to 

 my friend Dr Turnbull Christie, requesting him to submit the 

 specimens to a distinguished and experienced anatomist, Mr 

 Clift, of the College of Surgeons. That gentleman, with the 

 utmost readiness, undertook to give me his opinion in regard to 

 the bones and teeth, and we have just received from him the fol- 

 lowing very interesting notice in regard to them. 



JANUARY— MARCH 1831. C C 



