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The two specimens tigui'ed on plate xxxiii (a, 5), where side and 

 front views are given, were obtained by purchase in Porto Rico. They 

 represent tlie more common forms of the tirst group, those with 

 human heads. In both these specimens the posterior legs are cut in 

 low relief on the posterior projection, and the conical projection is low 

 with apex turned only slightly forward. The forehead is retreating, 

 the ears are triangular in form and situated at the end of the frontal 

 ridge. Specimen c, e' is made of soft green stone; d, d' , one of the 

 largest specimens obtained in Porto Rico, of a black Ijasaltic rock. 



In plate xxxiT, a, «', are represented two idols of the tirst type 

 closely' similar in form to that last mentioned. One of these («) is a 

 polished specimen with a decided forward inclination of the apex of 

 the conoid projection. The head in this specimen is somewhat better 

 cut than in the last preceding one and in both it is more clear h' indi- 

 cated than the legs. 



Plate XXXIV, /», h' and c. c' , shows two tine specimens from the Lati- 

 mer collection, one of which {]>) is remarkable from the fact that 

 patches of a resinous varnish still adhere to its sides and base. This 

 specimen is also exceptional in having a low conical projection and a 

 very pronounced antero-posterior cui've of the base. The face is cut 

 in low relief, leaving the chin very prominent. The posterior append- 

 ages are in somewhat more pronounced relief than in the preceding 

 specimen. The specimen figured as e has a smooth surface, with a 

 ridge extending from the apex to the margin of the base on each side 

 of the conical projection. The frontal elevation is decorated with 

 incised lines and pits, and the head, seen from the front, is slightly 

 asynmietrical. 



Plate xxxiv, c, c' , is thus described by Professor Mason: 



A highly poHshed specimen of marble. There is a wide headband across the fore- 

 head of the figure, ornamented with chevrons and hemispherical cavities. The right 

 side is the fuller, the bottom concave and rough, and the apex slightly battered. 

 This battering is doubtless an accident, as none of the others exhibit it. Length 

 10.3, width 4.5, height 5.3 inches. 



Professor Mason thus describes a similar object: 



A polished specimen, made of mottled Ijlack and white marble. The head and 

 posterior portion are very much flattened out, making the furrows long and shallijw. 

 The left side is fuller than the right and the bottom is elevated nearly an inch and 

 hollowed out. Length 10.75, width 4.3, height 4.1 inches. 



Plate XXXV shows several three-pointed stones of the tirst type, in 

 one of which (//) there is a human head on the anterior point, while 

 in the other (}>) the head more closely resembles that of an animal. 

 This is due to the form of the nose, which is flat rather than promi- 

 nent. Specimen a is exceptional also in the shape of the posterior 

 appendages, or legs, which here differ from those in other specimens. 

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