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The resemblance of this stone to a fish is at most a distant one, but 

 the desig'n on the narrow end certainly represents a seated human 

 figure. The head, with eyes, mouth, and ears, is clearly evident, and, 

 as is often the case in Porto Rican carvings, the forearms are so flexed 

 that the hands are brought to the breast below the chin. Each hand 

 has four fingers, and the palms, represented hy triangular pits, are 

 turned outward. The pit in tlie abdomen in the middle circles is 

 supposed to represent the umbilicus, on each side of which are the 

 legs. The feet are represented with toes, coming together just below 

 the outer ring surrounding the umbilicus, with the soles turned out- 

 ward. As is the case with the palms of the hands, the bottoms of the 

 feet ai'e represented bj' depressed areas. This is one ,of the finest 

 pillar stones known to the author, and it is much to be regi'etted that 

 but meager information is to be had i-egarding the locality where it 

 was found. 



Pillar stones of other forms, in the Latimer collection, are figured 

 in plate lxx. One of these, J, has an angular form, one angle 

 forming a median ridge extending across the face, represented by 

 two grooves parallel to each other. The ej^es are shallow depressions 

 and the mouth is a transverse slit. The line of the jaw is indicated by 

 shallow grooves on each side, joining below the mouth to form a 

 pointed chin. As in the majority of pillar stones, the carving of the 

 face of this specimen is very rude, the head alone being represented. 



Plate LXX, c, shows a pillar stone that, in addition to a head, has 

 portions of the bod}' and the upper limbs also represented. This 

 object was collected in Santo Domingo by Mr W. M. Gabb and is 

 now in the Smithsonian collection. The eyes, nose, and lips are fairly 

 well represented in low relief in this specimen, the eyes being round 

 and prominent. The top of the head is continued into a cap-shaped 

 prominence that is truncated above. The mouth is large, with promi- 

 nent lips. The arms are in high relief on the sides of the body, the 

 forearms being flexed and the hands indicated 1)}^ marks on the abdo- 

 men. There are likewise scratches on the breast that were probably 

 intended for the ribs. 



It often happens in pictographic illustrations where head and body 

 are represented by a few scratches that a number of parallel lines ex- 

 tend downward from the chin, reminding one of a beard. Such is the 

 case in the specimen figured as d, plate lxxi. 



Specimen c, plate lxxi, has a head carved on one end and maj^ have 

 been either a pillar stone or an idol. There are one or two botryoidal 

 coral fragments {Astrea or some related genus) that have been fash- 

 ioned by the aborigines to resemble idols. 



