160 ISLAXD CULTURE AREA OF AMERICA [eth. ann. 3* 



PiCTOGRAPHS 



There are several instructive pictog;raphs of aboriginal make in 

 the island of St. Kitts, one of the best preserved of which occurs 

 on a bowlder in a field at the Wingfield estate. There are others 

 on a bowlder on the West Farm estate at Harts Bay, and still others 

 in the gorge at Bloody Eiver, near Stone Fort. Many of these pic- 

 tographs are simply scratched in the surface of tlie soft tufaceous 

 rock, and are in some instances imdoubtedly helped out by modern 

 visitors. The pictograph reported from Millets Bay by Dr. Branch 

 is on a slab of stone which has been removed by Mr. Connell and 

 placed in his collection. This stone was once used by women as a 

 washboard. 



Altar Stone 



Baird" thus describes a singular stone from St. Kitts: "Among 

 the memorabilia of St. Kitts I find in my notebook honorable 

 mention made of a somewhat singular stone which is to be seen 

 almost on the very sununit of a remarkable and singidarly beauti- 

 ful hill, called bj' the more appropriate than euphonious name 

 of Monkey Hill, which hill may be said to form the southern ter- 

 mination of the range which traverses the island. Monkey Hill is 

 in itself a verdant object, with green and consequently beautiful 

 cane fields and brakes extending to its very base: and on the sum- 

 mit of it stands the large stone referred to, in fomi and shape some- 

 thing like a cradle and having part of the top hollowed out so as 

 to give countenance to the legend that it was used by the fierce 

 Caribs for the immolation and burning of their human sacrifices." 



The Connelx, Collection 



The best collection of archeological objects from St. Kitts belongs 

 to Mr. Connell, engineer of the central sugar factory, who has 

 assiduously collected antiquities from this island for many years. It 

 is fortunate that the majority of objects found at St. Kitts drift into 

 his hands and have augmented his collection, so that it has now be- 

 come the largest in the island and one of the best in the West Indies, 

 for he liberally exhibits it to all visitors and allows archeologists 

 to study the objects it contains. His collection, like all others from 

 the island of St. Kitts, is rich in grinding stones and as a rule poor 

 in axes. There are very few winged headed axes like those so com- 

 mon in St. Vincent, and a few petaloids. but no three-pointed stones, 

 elbow stones, or stone collars. One of the rare forms of implements 

 is shown in plate 82. ^4, B. It is exceptional in having a rectangular 



" Impressions of the West Indies, pp. 67-6S. 



