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remained, and then in thick fibrous bark that was well lashed 

 round it. 



The bones were still very solid, although discoloured. The 

 skull seemed to me of a much lower type than most skulls I have 

 seen, and by no means indicated intellectual power, which might 

 have been expected from the way the individual had been revered 

 by his tribe. The forehead receded very much and was strongly 

 developed over the orbits, and the jaws were extremely powerful, 

 forming a protruding chin that gave the whole face a receding 

 aspect. 



Both hip bones were considerably swollen towards the upper 

 margin and showed a distinct honeycombed character which was 

 unmistakably the result of necrosis. From the appearance of 

 these bones it cannot be doubted that the man was unable to 

 walk during the advanced stage of the disease, and he must have 

 suffered a great deal of pain judging from their abnormal 

 condition. 



Note. 



Unless seen it is scarcely credible what an enormous number 

 of the Bugong moths inhabit the crevices and clefts of the rocks 

 on the highest ridges of the mountains. The crows have become 

 the principal exterminators since the blackfellow has disappeared, 

 and they do their work effectively by entering the narrowest 

 apertures. Thousand of crows may be seen swarming during the 

 whole of the summer about the rocks feeding upon nothing else 

 but the moths. The enormous number of these birds congre- 

 gated at the highest peaks can only be appreciated by 

 approaching them under cover, as I did in February, 1893, when 

 on a visit to the Australian Alps, and surprising them in their 

 secret pursuit on one of the rugged peaks. As soon as I was 

 observed by one of them, a caw of alarm was raised, which was 

 rapidly repeated \)j others, and from ever}^ crack and cranny 

 their black plumage burst forth. Soon thousands of crows rose 

 in the air almost like a cloud, making the environs resound again 



