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RECORDS OF W.A. MUSEUM. 
Amongst these bones Mr. Le Soeuf found portions of two jaw 
bones of Sthenurus, which he retained, hoping to determine the 
species. The other specimens he returned to the Caves Board 
who presented them to the Museum. Unfortunately they contained 
nothing of interest except the posterior half of the right jaw of 
Sthenurus, which, though of no value in itself as it only carried two 
molar teeth, yet proved to be of the greatest interest, for when the 
Caves Board were enabled in 1908 to donate the jaws above- 
mentioned it was found to complete one of them. (See Plate V.). 
In August, 1905, the writer was invited by the Hon. Dr. 
Hackett, who is Chairman of the Caves Board as well as of the 
Museum, to meet him at the Margaret River Caves to select sites 
for further exploration. After a careful examination he recom- 
mended that in the first place it would be advisable to thoroughly 
examine and excavate under the mass of stalagmite that had been 
partially removed in making the pathway in the Mammoth Cave. 
Nothing further, however, was done until February and March, 
1909, when the Committee was able to obtain the services of Mr. 
Ludwig Glauert, F.G.S , Medallist in Geology and Demonstrator 
in Geology for five years in the University of Sheffield, who was 
then on the temporary staff of the Mines Department as palaeonto- 
logist to the Geological Survey. The Hon. the Minister for Mines 
gave him leave of absence, without pay, in order that he might 
undertake this exploration under the direction of the writer. The 
Caves Board gave permission and the Superintendent, Mr. Edgar 
Robinson, rendered all assistance possible, and Mr. Glauert in less 
than two months collected 2,000 bones or fragments of bones. 
These include remains of Diprotodon australis, Nototherium, new 
species of Sthenurus and Phascolomys, of Phascolarctus ctnereus, of 
Echidna aculeata and several species of wallabies ; descriptions of 
the latter follow in Part II. of these Records. The wallabies include 
some species still living, e.g., M. brachyurus ; others may be new and 
in any case will certainly throw considerable light on the conditions 
which prevailed in prehistoric times on this Continent, as well as 
upon the relationships of the Marsupials. 
The Caves Board has generously presented all these fossils to 
the Committee of the W.A. Museum. 
The first instalment of Mr. Glauert’s report, printed below, 
will give these Records a special interest to zoologists and palaeonto- 
logists. 
