MALLERY.] CULTIVATED SOIL—ROAD—NO THOROUGHFARE. 383 
shows the sprouts coming from the cultivated soil, and may be compared 
with the signs for grass and grow on page 343. 
The gesture sign for road, path, is sometimes made by indicating two 
lines forward from the body, then imitating 
walking with the hands upon the imaginary —— 
road. The same natural representation of 
road is seen in Fig. 222, taken from Pipart, — Fic. 220. 
loc. cit., page 352. A place where two roads meet— 
cross-roads—is shown in Fig. 223, from Kingsborough. 
Two persons are evidently having a chat in sign lan- 
guage at the cross-roads. 
If no gesture is actually included in all of === 
the foregoing pictographs, if is seen that a 
gesture sign is made with the same conception — FS: 7*!- 
which is obvious in the ideographie pictures. They are selected as spe- 
cially transparent and clear. 
Many others less distinct 
are now the subject of exam- EEG ERE 
ination for elucidation. The following exam- 
ples are added to show the ideographie style of 
pictographs not connected with gestures, 
lest it may be suspected that an attempt 
is made to prove that gestures are always 
included in or connected with them. 
Fig. 224, from the Dakota Calendar, Fic. 224. 
refers to the small-pox which broke out in the 
year (1802) which it specifies. Fig. 225 shows in the design at the 
Fic. 219. 
Fic. 223. 
Fic. 225. 
left, a warning or notice, that though a goat can climb up the rocky 
trail a horse will tumble—‘ No Thoroughfare.” This was contributed 
