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transition from the smoother face and high forehead to the rougher 

 hair. No doubt this feature, and indeed the entire head, as the sharp 

 profile suggests, was originally much better defined than now, the 

 cause of the change being obvious in the great weathering which the 

 stone has undergone since it was cut. This weathering is particularly 

 marked at the top and bottom of the head, where it has gone so far 

 as well-nigh to obliterate the boundary between head and rim, else- 

 where so distinct. At the bottom, especially, there is an aspect of me- 

 chanical as well as chemical erosion, as if by running water, or action 

 of waves. This weathering has obliterated also the marks of the 

 engraving tools, which, in view of the hardness of the stone, could 

 hardly have been other than tempered metal. 



Discovery 



Abundant records of its discovery exist. 



The St. John Morning News of Wednesday, February 17, 1864, 

 announces its exhibition in the City, with comments on its discovery, 

 appearance, and possible origin. This material is all contained with 

 additional detail in a longer item in the St. John Morning Freeman of 

 the next day (February 18), which reads thus: 



A very remarkable stone is now on exhibition at the store of Messrs. Chubb 

 & Co. It is said that it was found near Lake Utopia, in the neighbourhood of 

 Magaguadavic, by a mason who went in search of a hearth stone for a house he was 

 building, and struck by the shape of this stone, removed the moss and turf with 

 which it was covered to the depth of some inches, and took it home. He afterwards 

 gave it to Squire Wetmore, of St. George. Sheriff Harding got it from him and 

 brought it to the city. It is a slab of conglomerate, chiefly granite, and apparently 

 extremely hard and rough grained. It is slightly oval in shape, about 20 inches 

 in length and 3 in thickness, on one side unchiselled, on the other a medallion on 

 which is fairly sculptured a man's face in profile, about the precise character of which 

 there is much question. Some say it is decidedly Indian in its characteristics. 

 This we think is a mistake. The facial lines are not those of the Indians of the 

 present day, and resemble much more the lines of the Assyrian or Egyptian profiles, 

 as represented in ancient sculpture. The nose forms almost a straight line with 

 the forehead. The jaw bone is of extraordinary length, and the chin very small. 

 The hair, too, is cut off square at the back, and confined by a fillet. 



The age of this interesting relic must be very great. The rim, which was very 

 deep, is much time-worn, and in every point it bears the marks of great antiquity. 

 Sheriff Harding had the place where this was found marked, and it is to be hoped 

 that next summer the place will be searched. Other remains of the civilized people 

 who once inhabited this continent may probably be found there 



The late Clarence Ward, historian, of St. John, once told me, 

 from his own knowledge, that the stone was a great local wonder 

 when first exhibited, attracting wide attention and discussion. 



