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ANCIENT MONUMENTS. 



This is extremely spirited in design, and exhibits no small degree of artistic skill, — 

 much more than is displayed in the engraving. A plume feather rises from the 

 head of the bird. Immediately by its side is a rude outline of some bird with 

 long neck and drooping wings. These figures are about two feet in length. 



Fig. 203. Upon another rock, close by the side of the one last mentioned, from 

 which it appears to have been split off, is a sculptured group, manifestly repre- 

 senting a hunting scene. A deer or elk and several human figures, in attitudes of 

 motion, are especially prominent. There is also a maze of lines which a fanciful 

 mind might easily convert into an inscription in an ancient alphabet. Many ot 

 these lines are indistinct from exposure ; those shown in the engraving are well 

 marked. The rock measures four feet by ten. 



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Fig. 204. A third rock near by, almost entirely hidden by the ruins brought 

 down by the rock avalanche from above, bears upon its face a figure of angular 

 outline, resembling the outspread skin of some animal. The eyes and mouth are 

 distinctly marked. By its side is the figure of a human head, and several wolf 

 and deer tracks. There may be other sculptures on the rock ; the portion exhibited 

 in the engraving was exposed only i)y the expenditure of mucli severe labor, 

 in the absciicc of tools for exravntion. 



