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tion, f oro feet on the anterior projection. Hind legs are obscurely indi- 

 cated. A circular pit is present on the upper part of the posterior 

 point. There are obscure indications of a backbone. 



Fig. 22. Three- pointed stone of secontl type. 



Figure 23 is in a private collection. It resembles fig-nre 21, but in 

 it a ring replaces the figure 6 representing the ear. 



Plate XLvi represents one of the finest specimens of three-pointed 

 stones of the second tj'pe, and is thus described by Professor Mason: 



A curious specimen, made of mottled flinty limestone. The projecting ends are 

 entirely wanting. The front of the mamma or cone exhibits a grotesque human face. 

 The rear is carved to represent a frog, whose nose forms the apex of the stone, and 



Fig. 23. Three-pointed ^toiie of second t^iie. 



whose back and hind legs, drawn up, fill the remaining surface. The fore legs pass 

 down the sides of the cheeks and under the lower jaw of the human face in front. 

 This is truly a marvel of aboriginal art, and may be set down as the best specimen of 

 this class in the collection. 



