.,,;., 



dchihuitta from Central America. 



talk, and therefore lives. In this instance, the lax and droop- 

 ing tongue heightens the idea of death which the closed eye in 

 pari conv< 



Fig. I n engraving of a st<>m> hatchet or adze of hard 



-•.■He resembling quartz, five inches long. It is highly 



polished en the face, hut the reverse has marks which show 



that it t"" was sawn from a block of the same material. 



I'm. 17. 



,i of green stone from Costa Bleu 



Where the notches occur in the sides there are holes drilled 

 entirely through tin- Btone, parallel with its face. The lower 

 or cutting edge is Blightly curved outward, implying that, if 

 intended for practical Bervice, it was ;i> an adze. Bui it i> to he 

 presumed thai it was worn symbolically, in tin- way of <li>tiiic- 

 tion or ornament. Ii was found in an ancient grave in Costa 

 ; >' i. The ruling Inca of Peru carried an axe instead of a 

 ie of hi- insignia of dominion.* 



* In Gn Bometimea found, which the 



.11 "thunderl <"'l )k>!<1 in high estimation, a correspon- 



found ;i aimilar object, c:illc<i by the Bame name, in 



i 1 Bahamae II'' descril polu bed and flat- 



ai tin' other, and regarded by 

 . t lightn ajioth< r correspond nl "i tl e 



