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Fie. 5. Head of another similar animal, but seen from the side. The up- 
per surface of the skull has inscribed upon it two C’s,a similar ornament often 
being found in snakes. Size, 19 inches long by 114 inches high. 
Fies. 6 and 7. Head of some fictitious animal, perhaps modeled after a 
tiger. Fig. 6 represents it seen from the front. Size, 1334 inches broad by 19 inches 
high. Fig. 7 is the same seen from the side. Size, 25} inches long by 19 inches 
high. 
Fig. 8. Head of a fictitious animal. Behind is seen the remains of a hollow, 
perhaps a font. Front view. Size, 13 inches broad by 83 inches high. 
SANTA RITA OR CARMEN, 
This place is situated between Santa Lucia Cotzamalguapa and Pantaledn. 
So far only one sculpture is found in this place, represented in Figs. 9 and 10. The 
lower part of the skull is wanting. Fig. 9 represents it seen from the front and 
Fig. 10 from the side. This skull, as well as the heads from Pantaleén, have the 
angle of the face very large. The sculpture is at present at Pantaledn. 
PANTALEON. 
This place is situated one league southeast of San Lucia, and belongs at 
present to Don Manuel Herrera. The sculptures found on this place are removed 
from their original site, and now to be seen in a yard behind the main dwelling- 
house. Originally, however, they were found on the ground between four small 
mounds, enclosing between them a kind of courtyard, having the entrance on the 
south side. The sculptures consist only of heads of male and female personages, 
originally six in number, but one of them has been taken to Berlin, Germany, by 
Dr. Bastian. Iam, however, not aware of it having been described. The remain- 
ing sculptures are all very well made, cut out of a dark. basalt from Volean de Fuego, 
some thirty miles distant. The rocks, however, were most likely found on the 
place, as rounded stones of similar nature are in some places abundant on the 
ground. All the sculptures are furnished with a large posterior projection for 
insertion in the wall. 
Figs. 11 and 12. Head of an old woman, the face with very deep 
wrinkles all over. Remarkable in all these heads is the head-dress, which is just the 
opposite of the head-dresses worn by the idols of Quirigua and Copin. Instead 
of being enormously large, it is extremely sinall, and evidently used more as 
