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NATURAL HISTORY. (Fossils.) 
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Room VI. 
Room VI. is devoted chiefly to the osseous remains of the Pachy- 
dermata and Edentata , which are at present under arrangement. 
Among the specimens, the following may be particularized. A cast 
of the skull and lower jaw of the Dinotherium, the originals of which 
were found at Eppelsheim, forty miles N. W. of Darmstadt; a portion 
of a lower jaw r from Perim Island in the Gulf of Cambay, which is 
regarded by Dr. Falconer as belonging to a second species of Di- 
notherium (the D. Indicum of that author) : it was presented, together 
with other mammalian remains, by Miss Pepper; the skeleton of the 
North American mastodon (AT. Ohioticus ) together with numerous 
parts of other individuals of the same species; and a nearly perfect 
cranium, and other portions of the South American mastodon (M. 
Andium). Of the European mastodons, the collection contains re- 
mains which have been referred to the M. angustidens , M. Arvernensis, 
and M. longirostris. Three species of Indian mastodons have been 
founded, in the “ Fauna Antiqua Sivalensis” of Falconer and Cautley, 
upon remains in the collection : they are the M. Perimensis , M. 
Sivalensis , and M. latidens of that work, in which, it may be 
observed, are figured the greater portion of the specimens here 
noticed. The elephant remains, in Room VI., are referred by Dr. 
Falconer to the following species, viz. : — Elephas priscus (?) E. 
meridionalis , E. primigenius, from the European tertiary formations ; 
and E. bomhifrons, E. Ganesa, E. insignis, E. planifrons , E. Uy - 
sudricus , and E. Namadicus , from India. A large portion of the 
Indian specimens form part of the highly valuable collection presented 
by Major Cautley, Bengal Artillery, to whose indefatigable exertions 
science is indebted for the formation of a rich assemblage of fossil 
remains obtained in the Sewalik, or Sub- Himalayan range, situated 
between the Jumna and Sutlej rivers. For many valuable speci- 
mens in the series the Museum is also indebted to Dr. Falconer. 
Casts of several very interesting specimens presented by the Honoura- 
ble Court of Directors of the India Company, numerous specimens 
(including the skull of the Elephas Namadicus ) presented by Charles 
Frazer, Esq., and others presented by Colonel Burney and by Major 
Baker, Bengal Engineers, have contributed to perfect the extensive 
series of mammalian remains here exhibited. The most striking 
specimen — the skull of the Elephas Ganesa — which is placed in the 
middle of the room, is the gift of the last-mentioned gentleman. 
At the west end of the Room is the fossil human skeleton, embedded 
in limestone, brought from Guadaloupe, by Admiral the Hon. Sir 
Alexander Cochrane, and presented to the British Museum by the 
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. 
On either side of this skeleton are arranged various mammalian re- 
mains, found in caverns; the case to the right of the centre is occupied 
with remains from the caverns of Kirkdale, in Yorkshire, and from the 
cavern called “ Kents Hole,” at Torquay, Devonshire, together wuth 
specimens from the caverns of Gaileureuth, in Franconia ; and the 
specimens arranged in the Case on the left are from the caverns of 
Minas Geraes, in Brazil. 
C. KONIG. 
April 29, 1849. 
