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Fig. 4, plate 15, the figare of a lizard. This figure is yellow 

 edged with white, and measures about 9 inches long. 



Fig. 5, plate 15, also the figure of a reptile of the lizard type, 

 measuring 9| inches long. The color is red and the spots are 

 white. 



Fig. 6, plate 15, a diminutive figure of a man, 3 inches long, 

 with extended arms and fingers ; this figure is yellow and white. 



Fig. 7, plate 15, the figure of a bird, like a heron ; measuring 

 16 inches long and 5| inch wide, on a piece of bark by itself, 20 by 

 12 inches. The outline of the bird is drawn with white pipe-clay, 

 and the feathers are represented by mixed yellow and white 

 lines. The feet of the bird are represented with four toes each. 



Figs. 8 and 9, plate 15, are frogs, on one sheet of bark, 

 18 inches long. Figure 8 measures 5 inches in length. The 

 groundwork of this figure is white, outlined with red. 



Fig. 9, plate 15, is 13^ inches long ; the groundwork white, 

 the outlines and sculptured markings are red. The animal is 

 depicted with five toes on each limb; the eyes are very prominent, 

 and it is furnished with genital appendages. 



Fig. 10, plate 15, is on a sheet of bark by itself, about 4 feet 

 long. I can only suppose this figure to represent the skin of a 

 man. The figure is 2 feet 9 inches long and 1 foot wide ; the 

 figure is white, and the outlines and pattern marks and cross 

 lines and spots are red ; there are six fingers on each hand, and 

 six toes on each foot ; the legs are folded back from the knee ; 

 the head is represented by a triangular shaped figure, possibly 

 to illustrate the skin taken from the back of the head. This 

 figure is also with genital appendages. 



Another figure of a Lizard. — Not represented in the plate, on 

 a separate sheet of bark, has the body 14 inches long and 4 broad 

 at the middle, but one inch broader at the posterior than at 

 the anterior extremity. The head is spindle-shaped, slightly 

 curved to the left, truncated at the apex, and has an 

 ornamental serrated crest of white and yellow running 

 from above downwards for about the middle half. The 

 head is joined to the body by a comparatively short slender neck, 

 3 inches long, and from either side of the base of the neck a 



