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FURTHER IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES IN THE 
MAMMOTH CAVE. 
The discoveries made by Mr. Glauert in 1909 and again in 1912 
were of such great scientific interest that we were most anxious that 
the investigations should be continued, and therefore applied for 
permission from the Tourist Department in whose charge the Caves 
are placed. This was granted at once and every facility given Mr. 
Glauert to contiuue the work. We then appealed to the public for 
funds who responded generously. The President, The Hon. Sir J. 
Winthrop Plackett, K.C.M.G., who had defrayed the entire cost of 
the 1912 expedition, headed the list, and we were enabled to instruct 
Mr. Glauert to proceed to the Mammoth Cave and continue his 
researches for the space of three months. During this time he 
unearthed and forwarded to the Museum about 10,000 bones and 
fragments of bones, many consisting of jaws and teeth in an 
excellent condition of preservation. The genera represented com- 
prised : — Nototberium, Phascolomys, Phascolarctus, Sthenurus, 
Macropus, Bettongia, Dasyurus, Thalacomys, Perameles, Isoodon, 
and Tachyglossus. There vvere also specimens of Muridae and of 
reptiles and birds. Of special interest are the skeletal bones of 
Nototherium which show that the animal bears a much closer 
resemblance to Diprotodon than is generally supposed to be the 
case. Thfere are two perfect skulls of Sthenurus. A description of 
these will shortly be published in the fourth part of the Records 
which will complete Volume I. 
Editor. 
