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male figure is veiy much tiie lai^gest, and this disparity in the 

 sizes of men and women is found in all the paintings, as well as 

 carvings, which have come under my notice. Seventeen ray-like 

 lines rise from the head of the man — and eight from the head of 

 the woman — which may either be intended for hair, or ornaments 

 stuck in it. To the left of these figures is a carving evidently 

 intended to represent a native bag, but it is drawn out of 

 proportion to the human figures. The remainder of the group 

 consists of four large rudely carved representations of feet. 



Plate IX., Fig. 9. — This Fig. shows two representations of 

 figures of iguanas or crocodiles. One is carved on a flat rock on 

 Portion JSTo. 1140, of 40 acres, in the Parish of Manly Cove, 

 County of Cumberland. It is 6 feet 7 inches long, and 9^ 

 inches across the widest part of the body ; the legs have no 

 claws upon them, and the head is bent as if the annual were 

 looking about. Round the body are three bands similar to those 

 found on the bodies of men and women, which would lead us to 

 suppose that this animal was reverenced by the natives or their 

 forefathers, and would perhaps suggest a Sumati'an origin of 

 the tribes who executed these drawings. These bands may 

 have been intended to indicate the stripes seen on the bodies of 

 iguanas. The other is carved on a flat sandstone rock not far 

 from the group shown in Fig. 8, and is 7 feet 2 inches long, and 

 1 ^h inches across the body. An eye is shown, and the claws 

 are not forgotten. 



Plate IX., Fig. 10. — This carving is situated on Portion No. 

 1139, of 24|^ acres, Parish of Manly Cove, County of Cumberland. 

 The larger figure of this group does not resemble any known 

 animal, and appears to represent some monster of the native 

 artist's fancy. A human figure appeal's on the body of this 

 animal which is, in my opinion, a separate picture drawn 

 there before or after the other one, owing to the suitability 

 of the surface ; the same may be said of the object below 

 the left foot of the human figure. It is not uncommon to 

 find small carvings within the outlines of larger figures in this 

 way. 



Plate IX., Fig. 11. — This Fig., which is on the same rocks as 

 Fig. 10, shows the outline of a young female, 3 feet 7 inches 



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