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PHASCOLOMYID^E. 
Phascolonus gigas, Owen. 
Remains of the distal third of a humerus. — No number. 
Connected bones of the tarsus — namely, astragalus and calcan- 
cum. — No. 27. 
Phascolomys mitchelli, Owen. 
A basal phalanx of the fifth toe of the right foot is probably 
referable to this Wombat or to one of about the same size. 
REPTILIA. 
CHELONIA. 
Chelymys arata, de Vis. 
Three pieces of the carapace. — No. 4. 
Chelymys granulata, de Vis 
One piece of the carapace. — No. 17 a. 
Pelocomastes ampla, de Vis. 
One piece of the carapace. — No. 17 a. 
Two pieces of the plastron. — No. 26. 
CROCODILIA. 
Pallimnarchus pollens, de Vis. 
The greater part of a right mastoid, 87mm. broad on outer 
surface, with a portion of the attached exoccipital. — No. 20. 
Portion of a malar, apparently, but scarcely determinable — 
No. 45 
Several pieces of a decomposed skull, with a few teeth. — No. 45. 
Fore end of a mandible, with symphysial surface and sockets of 
seven teeth, much waterworn. — No. 36. 
Dorsal scute, 105mm. broad. 
A rumour gone abroad on the banks of the Leichhardt has it 
that human bones have been seen in the bed of the river. The 
coloured natives around are said to declare that they are the " bones 
of blackfellows turned to stone." One must be cautious about giving 
implicit credence to an assertion which, on first hearing, is, to say 
the least, startling. Yet the blacks, whose care of the bones of their 
dead should make them familiar with those relics, ought to be able to 
distinguish them at sight from bones of other animals, and what they 
might hope to gain by pretending to recognise them among others is 
not clear. Whatever of truth or falsity there may be in the rumour, 
the relics in question are, presumably, still on the spot ; but, as Mr. 
Buhot found, covered up by some tons of conglomerate — the result 
of a late slip from the bank. The discovery of relics of human origin 
