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intermaxillary bones. A very small portion only seems to have 
been broken off, and if there were incisor teeth, they must have 
been very small and placed close to the molars, without the usual 
intervening space. The teeth are of large size, and have their 
folds of enamel placed longitudinally: the anterior tooth (e) is 
1 6-10ths inch in width, and 8-10ths inch in thickness ; the two 
others (f. g.) are somewhat less; the infra-orbital foramen opens 
in the centre of the maxillary bone; the nasal bones are broad at 
the base, where they join the lachrymal bones—these form the 
anterior part of the orbits, and extend a considerable way over 
the face, which is very wide between the orbits. The malar bone, 
with the processes from the temporal and frontal bones, forms the 
straight and slender zygoma ; and the transverse depression at its 
base for the articulation of the lower jaw is very shallow, and the 
temporal fossa is very slight. The anterior part of the cranium 
is very wide and high ; the large frontal bones rising at an obtuse 
angle from those of the face are connected to each other by a well 
marked suture ; but at m. (plate V.) there is a considerable space 
which was filled up by membrane alone ; and the same imperfect 
ossification exists at n. (plate V.) in the parietal and occipital 
bones. The basilar portion of the occipital bone with the condyles 
has been broken off, and very little remains of the sphenoid and 
ethmoid bones. 
The dimensions of the head are as follows,—the same letters 
applying to all the plates :— 
a to b... 11 inches. 
i to k. 6 1-lOth inch. 
c to d. 5 2-10ths „ 
e to f .. 7 6-10ths „ 
m to n. 6 4-10ths ,, 
I am your’s, &c., 
J. Grant. 
Every effort is now making to obtain an entire or living 
Bunyip , or ascertain whether it is to be classed amongst fabulous 
animals. 
R. C. G. 
Launceston, ‘20th February, 1847. 
