coln, miller, for the invention of " a machine or apparatus for cleansing or purifying wheat, grain, or other substances." TO RICHARD EDWARDS of Dewsbury, in the county of York, leather and flock seller, for the invention of “an improvement on, or a substitute for glass, sand, emery, and other scouring paper or substances." 18 TO JOEL BENEDICT NOTT, of Schenectady, in the State of New York, now of Barry Street, St James's, in the county of Middlesex, for the invention, communicated to him by a foreigner residing abroad, of" certain improvements in the construction of a furnace or furnaces for generating heat, and in the apparatus for the application of heat to various useful purposes." 21. TO BARTHOLOMEW REDFERN of Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, gun-maker, for the invention of “ a lock, break-off, and trigger, upon a new and improved principle, for fowling-pieces, muskets, rifles, pistils, and small fire-arms of all descriptions.” 23. TO JOHN WALLACE, brassfounder in Leith, for the invention of "an improvement or improvements upon the safety-hearths for the use of vessels. Mar. 2. To JOHN MACDOWALL of Johnston, near Paisley, for the invention of❝ certain improvements on the pistons, valves, and boilers of steam-engines." TO WILLIAM MORGAN of York Terrace, Regent's Park, in the county of Middlesex, Esq., for the invention of " certain improvements in steam-engines." 3. TO JEREMIAH GRIME junior, of Bury, in the county of Lancaster, copper-plate engraver, for the invention of ❝ a certain method of dissolving snow and ice on the trams or railways, in order that locomotive steam engines and carriages, and other carriages, may pass over railroads, without any obstruction or impediment from such snow or ice." The Editor hopes to get all the Memoirs and Registers of the Weather, still unpublished, inserted in next number of Journal. ADDENDUM. [The Report regarding the New Holland Fossil Bones not having reached us in time for insertion along with the account of the Caves, we, rather than delay it until next Number, place it here, although somewhat out of place, considering its importance as a sufficient apology for this irregularity.] On the Fossil Bones found in the Bone-Caves and Bone-Breccia of New Holland. By Professor Jameson. My friend and former pupil Dr Adam, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians, having, after much labour, cleared the teeth and bones from the stony and earthy matter in which they were enveloped, we endeavoured to determine the animals to which they belonged. The general result of our examination was, that some of the teeth were those of the wombat, some belonged to the kangaroo, others we could not refer, from want of means of comparison. One bone, from its great size, particularly arrested our attention, from its appearing to belong to an animal larger than any of the living species in the Australian world. It appeared, on comparing it with the splendid skeleton of the hippopotamus in the Museum, to resemble the radial bone of that animal. That every justice might be done to the interesting collection sent to me from New Holland, I had it conveyed to London to my friend Dr Turnbull Christie, requesting him to submit the specimens to a distinguished and experienced anatomist, Mr Clift, of the College of Surgeons. That gentleman, with the utmost readiness, undertook to give me his opinion in regard to the bones and teeth, and we have just received from him the following very interesting notice in regard to them. JANUARY-MARCH 1831. сс Report by Mr Clift, of the College of Surgeons, London, in regard to the Fossil Bones found in the Caves and Bone-Breccia of New Holland. No. 1. Approaches very nearly in form to the metacarpal bone of an ox, but much larger. It also bears a great resemblance to the radius of Hippopotamus. (It does not belong to the elephant, being too large for its length). No. 2. Right side of the lower jaw of a Dasyurus*: Anterior part of left side, upper jaw,— Wombat. Extremity of canine tooth, left side of lower jaw,—Dasyurus.” No. 3. Left side, lower jaw,—Wombat. (Box B.), ́ No. 4. Two lower extremities of femora of Wombat, apparently; and other cylindrical bones, uncertain. Box A. Right incisor, upper jaw,—Wombat. Right incisor, lower jaw, Young Kangaroo. Portion of incisor, upper jaw,-Do. Molaris, upper jaw,-Do. Right incisor, lower jaw,-Kangaroo. Portion of base of incisor, lower jaw,-Do. Probably portion of an incisor,-Do. Probably a portion of the anterior extremity of lower jaw,➡Kangaroo. Apparently a portion of incisor, and of upper jaw,-Wombat. Apparently a posterior molaris, of upper jaw,-Kangaroo. No. 5. Elbow-joint of Wombat,-(Humerus and ulna). Head of Tibia and fibula,apparently young kangaroo. Portion of the pelvis,Of the same. Upper portion of the left femur of a Wombat?-(is very like it.) Other specimens doubtful. No. 6. Portion of the pelvis of a very large Kangaroo. No. 7. Two portions of femur apparently Wombat. They correspond very exactly with the femur of that animal Portion of the upper end of the fibula of a large Kangaroo. Portion of probably the femur of ditto. Other specimens doubtful. The Dasyurus (the animal called Devil by the early settlers) is said to be at present a native of Van Diemen's Land only. No. 8. Apparently part of the tibia of a Kangaroo. No. 9. Breccia, with fragments of bones. One portion, contains what are probably portions of the supernumerary or spurious metatarsal bones and phalanges of a Kangaroo. No. 11. Portion of upper jaw, probably of a Dasyurus. No. 15. Left side of upper jaw of an adult Kangaroo.~ Portion of upper jaw, left side, with the 2d molaris, Do Left side, lower jaw, Kangaroo. No. 16. 2. Part of right side lower jaw, Kangaroo. 3. Portion of left side upper jaw,-Do. 4. Two molares upper jaw,➡Do. 5. Upper jaw left side,-Do. No. 18. 3 portions of jaws. (Viverra ? uncertain.) No. 19. The terminal phalanx of the toe of a Kangaroo, (the claw). Right os calcis wanting the epiphysis.-Kangaroo ? No. 20. Box C. Two posterior molares, right side upper jaw, Dasyurus. No. 21. Antepenultimate caudal vertebra of a Kangaroo. Another caudal vertebra, nearer sacrum,-Do. Another, about the tenth from the sacrum,-Do. No. 22. Portion of apparently lower jaw with the fang of an incisor, Kangaroo ? No. 26. Apparently the middle of the os femoris of a Wombat. Other doubtful fragments. No. 27. Apparently a portion of the right tibia near its middle,-Kangaroo. I believe there can be little or no doubt respecting the identity of all the specimens that are in Italics, having given them all the attention that time and circumstances permitted. W. CLIFT. From the geological characters of the caves and bone-breccia, the mode of distribution of the bones in the caves, and the nature of the teeth and bones themselves, it follows, 1. That these caves agree in character with those in Europe. 2. That the bone-breccia exhibits the same character as the varieties of that rock found in different parts of the European continent and islands. 3. That New Holland was, at a former period, distinguished from the other parts of the world, by the same peculiarities in the organization of its animals, which so strikingly characterize it at the present day. 4. That the large bone resembling the radial bone of the hippopotamus, shews that Australia formerly possessed animals much larger than any of the present existing species, equalling or even exceeding in magnitude the hippopotamus: a fact of high importance, when we recollect that the quadruped population of New Holland is at present but meagre, the largest species being the kangaroo. 5. That the bone caves and bone-breccia contain, along with animals at present known, others that appear to be extinct, as is the case with the caves and breccia of Europe. 1 6. That the same agent or agents that brought together the remains of animals met with in bone-caves and bone-breccia in Europe, operated on New Holland. 7. Lastly, that the animals in the Australian caves and breccia were destroyed and became fossil, if not at the same precise time as the European, during a similar series of geological changes. |