of the Sassafras, at one of the head gullies of a tributary of the 
Yal wal Creek, probably the Bundundah Crook. Tt- would appear 
to have been placed on its back, a rather uncommon position 
amongst the aborigines of N. S. Wales, lying on the ’possum 
cloak, the pattern of which Mr. Roberts says was at one time 
plainly visible. The corpse was disembowelled, and the abdominal 
cavity filled with Eucalyptus leaves, a constant custom with the 
Braid wood blacks. The recess containing the remains was some 
five to six feet from the ground, and of small dimensions, and the 
bones of the limbs had to some extent been disturbed, but con- 
sidering the long number of years since the body was placed in its 
then position, it was surprisingly perfect, all the bones being present 
except the left fibula, part of the sternum, and most of the hand 
and foot bones. The skull is in excellent preservation, and the 
teeth very sound. In addition to the severance above the knee 
of the right femur, the left ramus of the lower jaw, under the 
last molar, and in advance of the angle, is fractured. The 
fracture seems too clear to be the result of a blow, still it may 
have been. The right zygomatic arch has unquestionably been 
smashed in by a blow, as the malar bone is caved-in longitudinally 
in its widest part, just posterior to the orbit. 
No implements or weapons were found with the skeleton. Two 
excellent tomahawks found in the district were presented ; one 
from the Endrick River, by Mr. Mark Piercy; the other from 
the Sassafras itself by Mr. F. West. The former is a narrow 
oblong weapon of a dioritic rock, ground to a cutting edge on 
both faces. The latter is much heavier and larger, of the same 
material, similarly ground, and oval and smooth on one face, 
fashioned on the other. Both were pebbles. 
Zoology . — The neighbourhood of Mayfield, hitherto so prolific 
in Marsupial life, was found to be practically deserted. We saw 
individuals of Macropus major, Shaw, and llalmaturus rujicollis , 
Pesm. We obtained the black variety of Dasyurus rivopinus, 
Shaw, a female with five young in the pouch in an early stage of 
development. The Wombat ( Phascolomys Mitchelli , Owen) was 
at one time an inhabitant of the Saassafras Tableland, a few 
burrows being observed here and there, but it is reported not to 
exist now. In the dense scrub a Paddymelon ( llalmaturus 
thHidis , F. Cuv.) was secured, and its young with it. These 
small graceful Wallabies appear to keep closely within the thick 
vine scrub, and are diilicult to obtain. This specimen is of great 
interest as illustrating the largo size, as compared with that of 
the mother, to which the young grows before quitting the pouch, 
in this case twenty inches from the snout to the tip of the tail. 
Throughout the journey Birds wore not found to be by any 
means plentiful. At Mayfield the Cuckoo ( C noulus inornatus , 
Gould) was observed, and this would appear to be rather early 
for this bird, as frosty nights still prevailed, and even snow fell 
