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described. At this point the river phinges over and auiong great 

 bowlders, resting here and tliere in deep pools. These smooth, water- 

 worn rocks afford a fitting surface for pictographic work, specimens 

 of which are found scattered over the larger bowlders projecting a))Ove 

 the falls and the still water of the pools. Several of these pictures 

 are barely legible; others, although easy to trace, owing to their posi- 

 tion are difficult to photograph successfully. One of the forms found 

 near the falls is ffgured as j. 



Another pictograph (plate lx, pt 2, I') represents a face about a 

 foot in diameter, with three pits for the eyes and mouth. There is no 

 representation of a body nor is thei'e any attempt to depict the ears or 

 other appendages to the head. 



Figured as / is a circle in which is contained a crescent, suggestive 

 of the moon. 



Ill the same plate (in) is a pictograph of the same general type as 

 those already considered, destitute of a mouth, with two circles for 

 eyes, and suggesting the beginnings of spirals. 



Specimen n has a pyriform face with ear pendants well represented. 

 The eyes are circles with central pupils; the mouth is rudely indicated, 

 and parallel lines extend downward from the chin. This example, 

 which is one of the best at the falls, is found high on the front of a 

 bowlder, the slippery sides of which almost forbid climbing. 



Specimen o is a long, almost straight, line with a spiral termination 

 at each end. The whole tigure measures about a foot and a half, and 

 may be a whirlpool symbol. 



Near the last-mentioned pictograph is one {ji) witii eyes, nose, and 

 mouth well represented. Above the mouth appear two crescentic 

 marks, opposite each othei', indicating the chetjks. Among numerous 

 other pictographs on these rocks are two circles, each representing a 

 human face with eyes and mouth clearly indicated. 



Several pictographs are found on I'ocks in the river beyond the 

 falls. One of the largest groups occurs near Adjuntas, and there are 

 others between the falls and Utuado. 



Some of the most instructive river pictographs in Porto Rico are 

 found at the eastern end of the island. There are many near Fajado, 

 and others are on the Rio Blanco not far from Naguabo. A short 

 distance from J uncos, near the road from Hnmacoa to that town, there 

 are sevei-al river pictographs of the same general character as those 

 described. 



The author's attention has been called to a pictograph (plate LXI, a) 

 which is a proffle sketch of a manuniform zeml, or idol with a conical 

 extension on the back. He has seen also a rock etching with a body of 

 zigzag form, recalling lightning. The forms which these pictographs 

 take are almost numberless, but in all there is a common likeness to the 



