Miscellanies. 381 
The Aiaacitiainde have been examined by Prof. Jameson, by 
Dr. Adam, and especially by W. Clift, an experienced and distin- 
guished anatomist of the College of Surgeons, London. One of 
them approaches very nearly in form to the metacarpal bone of an 
ox, but much larger. It also bears a great resemblance to the radi- 
us of the Hippopotamus.’ The others are — bones of the Da- 
syurus, Wombat, and Kangaroo. 
: From the geological characters of the caves, and ‘eumiieiiaian 
; the mode of distribution of the bones in the caves, and the nature of 
the teeth and bones themselves, it follows— 
1, ‘That these caves agree in character with those in Europe. 
: | 2. That the bone-breccia exhibits the same character as the va- 
Neties of that rock found in different parts of the European conti- 
‘Rent and islands. 
3. That New Holland was, at a former period, distinguished from 
the other parts of the world, by the same peculiarities in the organi- 
zation of its animals, which so strikingly characterize it at the pre- 
sent day... 
4. That the large bone resembling the radial bone of d the hippo- 
- potamus, shews that Australia formerly Possessed animals much 
larger than any of the present existing species, equalling, or even ex- 
ceeding in magnitude the hippopotamus ; a fact of high importance, 
when we recollect that the quadruped population of New Holland is 
at present but meagre, the largest species being the kangaroo. 
| 5. That the bone caves, and bone-breccia, contain, along with 
animals at present known, others that appear to be extinct, as is the 
case with the caves and breccia of Europe. 
6. That the same agent or agents that brought together the re- 
“Mains of animals met withi in bone-caves and bone-breccia, in Europe, 
operated on New Holland. 
7. Lastly, that the animals in the Australian caves and breccia 
“were destroyed and became fossil, if not at the same precise time as 
the European, na a eseres series of Geological changes. —Edin. 
© Phil Jour. Mar. 18 
5. Volcano in New Zealand.—Accompanying a specimen of 
volcanic ashes, sent to Professor Jameson, by Col. Lindsay of Syd- 
ney, is a notice to the following eéffect: This substance is found on 
what is called White Island, from the ashes that continually fall from 
a volcano, at gs in a state of activity, and which has been Jong 
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