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probability to P. PUocemts, McCoy, Pal. o£ Victoria, Decade, 

 a ramus of tlie lower jaw of which has also been found by Prof. 

 Tate beneath volcanic sand at Mount Gambier. 



Dijyrotodon sp. — Mr. J. Chandler writes in a letter dated 

 Peake, April 16, 1881, "That a short time ago, while some men 

 were sinking a well at the head of one of the mound springs 

 on the CootanoorinaRun, they discovered several teeth of some 

 very large animal. These teeth were secured by the Police- 

 trooper Eolland. The well is down from 26 to 30 feet, but 

 the'w^ater coming in very quickly stopped further discoveries. 

 The teeth are in an excellent state of preservation — the enamel 

 being still on them — one is doubled-fanged with two distinct 

 ridges, another has a single fang ; they are two to three inches 

 long, including portion of the fangs, by one and a half inch 

 diameter ; well worn on the crowns." 



Baron F. von Mueller writes that '' Diprotodon (identified 

 by Prof. McCoy with D. australis) has turned up on the west 

 side of the Grreat Bight, where tusks, teeth, and other bones 

 have been disentombed. Thus it is shown that this huge 

 creature roamed quite across your territory. I bought the 

 bones from the finder." For other records of Bi^protodon, 

 see pp. 155, 156. 



