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The next stone (No. 2) is only a small fragment containing a 
portion of the proper name IOANES SARA. 

No. 2 (front). 
The stone is 14 inches wide, 3 inches thick, and 94 inches in 
length at the longer side, it is broken unequally. The letters are 
bold and well cut in high relief about three inches in height. Hach 
line is separated as in No. 1, by a fillet or band in relief. This stone 
is chiefly interesting as giving us a second form of the Basque name 
for John. On the back of this stone is to be seen a portion of the 
Christian monogram I. H. $S. with the Cross and letters very neatly 
cut (also in relief) in the ornamented form known in Heraldry as 
Moline. There are also two very neatly designed Maltese crosses in 
the corners. 

No. 2 (back). 
The third stone which I show here is considerably dilapidated. 
The top part is missing, but fortunately there is enough left to 
enable us to decipher the name. Joannis (pronounced Joannish). 
Here we have a third form of the name John. The surname is 
Dehiriart, a name still quite well known as a family name in the Basque 
Provinces. The letters on this stone are also in relief, but they are 
sprawling and much more crude than the others, neither are the 
lines separated by the band or fillet. The width of the stone is 
sixteen inches. The height of the portion now remaining is about 
two feet five inches. Since my first visit another piece has been 
