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Ou the walls of the larger chamber curious characters have been cut 

 into the roclc to a depth var\ing- from one-i'ourth to oiio-lialf inch, by 

 some blunt instrument in the hands of an unskilllnl sculptor. 



Upon my last visit to this interesting spot, with the assistance of Mr. 

 C. E. Eobmson, of Clarksville, Ark., 1 succeeded in tracing these char- 

 acters on paper, which I afterward reduced to one-sixth the size of the 

 originals, by means of the camera lucida, thus preserving their true 

 outlines and proportions -, a traced copy of which accompanies this ar- 

 ticle. 



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Fig. 1 represents hemispherical depressions or holes in the floor of 

 the cavern, near the left entrance and a few inches from the wall. They 

 are arranged in an arc-shaped row, with concave side to the wall. 



Fig. 2 and the first character in Fig. 3, which occur al)Ove Fig. 1, on 

 the wall, are incised circles, each 7 inches in diameter, and have each 

 a single ray pointing downward and to the right. The other character 

 of Fig. 3 consists of two concentric circles, the outer one measiu'ing 5^ 

 inches in diameter, and the inner one 3 inches. 



Figs. 4, 5, and G occur to the right and at about the same height as 

 Fig. 3. Fig. 4 measures from top to bottom 11^ inches ; Fig. 5, 7 inches, 

 and Fig. 6, 23 inches. 



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Fig. 7 is a double character. The one on the left may represent the 

 antler of a stag, the other a bow. The whole figure from left to right 

 measures 23i inches. 



Fig. 8 is a rayed character with a circular body chiseled out to t])0 

 depth of the rays, viz, one-fourth inch. The body of this figure is 4^ 



