PROCEEDINGS. XXXVll 



" Many years after this I had some correspondence with the late Judge James, 

 relative to this matter. In a letter now in my possession, dated August 2nd., 

 1879, he says that a copy of my original drawing which I had given him, he had 

 sent to Robt. Morrow, Esq., and also, that a photo taken by the Historical Society 

 had been sent to several learned societies, including the Antiquarian Society of 

 Stockholm, though with what result I never learned. 



" The Judge very kindly copied and enclosed to me a Runic alphabet, with 

 accompanying remarks taken from Sir J. Lubbock's ' Prehistoric Times,' and 

 although I found some of the characters on the Fletcher Stone precisely like some 

 of the letters of this alphabet, the most of them had no counterpart there. 



" On one occasion when visiting Yarmouth the late Judge desired me to aid him 

 in getting a sight of the stone as he had never seen it. I had heard that it had 

 been brought over to the East side of the Harbor, and was on Water Street in 

 front of a ship-chandler's establishment, and there we found it on the sidewalk in- 

 clined against a building ; I had some difficulty in recognizing it however, and for 

 tliis i-eason, — the (jfi/ph-i had been painted Mack. An archipelago of .spatter-s embel- 

 lished the stone. I was afterwards told that the letters had been cleaned out with 

 an iron spike, and then painted with a marking brush and lampblack, so that the 

 photographer might be able to make a better copy. 



"To those who may be interested in the solving of the mystery that surrounds 

 this stone I would recommend a perusal of the introductory chapter of the ' Sequel 

 to Campbell's History of Yarmouth,' the talented editor of which, Geo. vS. Brown, 

 Esq., being a grandson of Dr. Fletcher, must have been familiar with its history 

 from his early cliildhood. 



" I have reason to believe that this Fletcher Stone is not the only one of the 

 kind in the county, as I have heard of at least one other on whicii similar mark- 

 ings occur. About twenty years ago Capt. Leonard Weston, a retired shipmaster 

 and a very .intelligent and well read man, told me of the existence of a large 

 rock, I think on the Chebogue River, promising me that if I would come 

 over to Arcadia, where he lived, he would take me in a lioat to see it 

 in order that I might copy the inscription. I regret to say that I de- 

 layed going until it was too lale to profit by Capt. Weston's guidance. Both his 

 sons, Mr. Dennis Weston and Rev. Walter Weston, had heard their father speak 

 of the stone ; but neither of them could give me any information as to where it 

 was or what was on it. The only clue I can give to the locality of the stone is 

 Capt. Weston's remark ' that we were to go in a boat from near his residence at 

 that time (20 years ago) and that less than an hour's rowing or sailing would take 

 us to the spot, that the stone was a pretty large one, and that it was near the 

 water.' This does not amount to much as a pointer, but restricts the area of 

 search to a radius of four or five miles and throws out of the question the whole 

 west side of the river which could be approached without a boat. A search for it 

 would occupy some three or four days and would involve the circumnavigation of 

 a few islands and a visit to the site of an old Acadian village on what is called 

 the Clements Farm. 



"About sixteen yeai's ago Mr. Louis B. D'Entrement in ploughing on his land 

 at West Pubnico, Yai mouth Co., uncovered a stone on whicli was cut the figure 

 of a leaping moose. Tlie face of this stone was about 12x15 inches in diameter, 



