ANCIKXT Airr OK THE PKOVINCE OF CHlKiyLI. 



c-rushing the contents. A section of tliis tomb is given in Fig. -2, also 

 iliawn from the description given by Mr. Merritt. 



Fig. 2. Section of a quailrangiilar grave, showing the surface pack of river stones and the positions 

 (it the slabs and objects of art. 



Mr. Merritt and others mention that in some of tlie graves pillars 

 are emi^loyed to support the roof of the cist. These pillars ai-e 

 mentioned briefly by De Zeltner, fi-om whose account tln' following 

 illustrations are draAvn. This author does not state tlmt lie made 

 any personal investigations, and if his accounts were olitaiiit'd fronr 

 the natives their entire trustworthiness may very properly be ques- 

 tioned. The first two forms mentioned by him are similar to those 

 already given. The third is described as having at the corners square 

 pillars of stone to support the covering, which, however, is not de- 

 scribed. The fourth has four pillars, placed in the corners of the pit. 

 These serve to support a vaiilt of flagstones. The walls between the 

 pillars are faced with pebbles, as in the cases previously described. 



Fig. 3 will make this form clear at a glance. The fifth variety de- 

 scribed by De Zeltner is quite extraordinary in construction. His 

 account is somewhat confusing in a niimber of respects, and the 

 section given in Fig. i cannot claim more than appi'oximate accuracy 

 in details and measurements. Near the surface a paving, perhaps 



