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palms laden with nuts, where dragonlike iguanas were numerous, then 

 on into a marvelous grove of wild fig trees with great buttressed 

 trunks and stately branches (pi. 20, fig. i ) . The little stream of brown, 

 rippling water, the pervading scent of lime and orange blossoms, and 

 the chatter of flocks of parrots, mingled with the cooing of wild blue 

 pigeons, gave the final touches to the exquisite setting. Following up 

 the stream, we began to climb onto the rolling hills until we came out 



Fig. 19. — Sketch map of Barburata Island. (Made by Norman A. Haskell.) 



on a bald spur below Indian Hill. From here the western end of the 

 island can be seen with its rolling surface dotted with open cattle 

 pastures and thick clumps of trees. On this knob several unslipped, 

 red potsherds were picked up, along with one red pottery bead. Con- 

 tinuing on to the northeast, we passed on through thickets of corozo 

 palms covered with nuts, into the dense forest that covers the top of 

 Indian Hill (map, fig. 19; pi. 20, fig. 2). Here two offertory sites 

 are located. 



