194 VOYAGES OF A NATURALIST 



arranged in the form of a rough square of about 

 the dimensions of an ordinary dinner-table ; in 

 the centre of each platform there is a hollow 

 space. 



Soon after we first landed, one of the party 



Fio. 1. Lava Image. 



noticed a fragment of a human skull lying near 

 one of the statues, and, on enquiry, we were told 

 that the skull had come from one of the plat- 

 forms. Our informant added that there were 

 human remains in all the piles of rocks at the 

 foot of the images, and that, if we liked, he would 



