GIANT BEASTS FROM AUSTRALIA 



of the complete skeleton with the exception of 

 the feet. These have now been found by Dr. 

 Stirhng, of South AustraHa. A number of com- 

 plete skeletons of this huge beast were found 

 embedded in the mud of a great lake or morass. 



Fig. 132.— Drawing of the skull of the Giant Australian 

 Marsupial, Diprotodon, preserved in the Natural History 

 Museum. By its side is placed a drawing, to the same 

 scale, of a human skull. 



In the photograph (Fig. 134) the lake is shown, 

 and one of the great skeletons is seen in the 

 foreground. The bones were in a very friable 

 state, but Dr. Stirhng has succeeded in pre- 

 serving them and has secured the complete feet. 

 In Fig. 135 the right hind- foot is shown. It 



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