Miscellanies. 381 



The Australian bones 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 mostly bones of the Da- 

 syurus. Wombat, and Kangaroo. 



From the geological characters of the caves, and bone-breccia, 

 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- 

 rieties of that rock found in diilerent parts of the European conti- 

 nent 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 the hippo- 

 potamus, shews that Australia formerly possessed animals much 

 larger than any of the present existing species, equalling, or even ex- 



' ading in magnitude the hippopotamus ; a fact of high importance, 

 when we recollect that the cpadruped 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 with 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, during a similar series of Geological changes. — Edin. 

 Phil Jour. Mar. 183L 



5. Volcano in JYeiu Zealand. — Accompanying a specimen of 

 volcanic ashes, sent to Professor Jameson, by Col. Lindsay of Syd- 

 ney, is a notice to the following effect : This substance is found on 

 what is called TVhite Island, from the ashes that continually fall from 

 a volcano, at present in a state of activity, and- which has been long 



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