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down to the coast, where it was set upright, facing 

 the sea. 



Apparently all these images are alike in general 

 appearance. The carving is rough : it represents 

 a human face with a very large and prominent 



Fig. 1. — Lava Image. 



nose, a rather protruding mouth, a pointed chin, 

 the forehead narrow, and the brows beetling. 

 (Fig. 1.) 



Each statue is mounted on a platform of loose 

 blocks of lava, and these platforms seem to be 

 ancient burial-places. All the stones with 



