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figures 1, 2, 3, and 6, might have been intended as effigies 

 of the bear ; the chimsy proportions, and want of the caudal 

 appendage, appear Uke that animal. Figures 5, 7, and 8, 

 have decidedly an expression of agility and fleetness. They 

 may have been intended for the conger, or American tiger — 

 an animal still existing in that region. The only general 

 disproportion to that animal is the length of the head." 



