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pottery of Santo, the latter of a type different to that at 

 present made on the island in question. Again, we are now 

 in possession of tlie fact that the pottery art was at one time 

 in vogue in Mallecollo, and according to the Rev. Mr. Mackenzie 

 on other islands of the group as well. 



To pass to another form of art, it is interesting to note that 

 petroglyphs are to be seen on Aneityuni Island. These are 

 remarkable representations of the sun, moon,^i and other 

 objects, " like what our ancestors did," say the natives.*^ 

 Others are present on Lilipa, or Protection Island, near 

 Havaiinali Harbour. Still farther away are the petroglyphs 

 of Pitcairn Island, which wei-e there w'heii the island was 

 occupied by the mutineers of the " Bounty. "■^•^ 



Too much stress cannot be laid on the Nassau axe-head, 

 beyond the fact that the island was uninhabited as explained 

 on p. 200. 



It appears to nie we liave here traces, not only of " lost 

 arts," but also of " lost races." In connection with the latter 

 was Dr. H. B. Guppy's discovery of worked flints on the 

 islands of Ugi and St. Christoval, in the Solomon Group.^ 

 These "are commonly found in the soil when it is disturbed 

 for pui'poses of cultivation, and are frequently exposed after 

 heavy rains," and consist of fragments of chalcedony, car- 

 nelian, and jasper. " Some were cores, others were flakes, 

 resembling in their form, and often in their white colour, tlie 

 flakes of the post-tertiary gravels." 



^1 Mr. A. W. Murray says that amongst the Aueiteumese " the svm and 

 moon, especially the latter, hold a distinguished place " (Missions 

 in Western Polynesia, &c., 1963, p. 26). 



■^■^ Gunn— New Hebrides Mag., No. 19, 1906, p. 16. 



« Q\mn—Ibid, No. 20, 1906, p. 16, pi. p. 17. 



■*■' Guppy — The Solomon Islands and New Natives, 1887, pp. 77-8. 



