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RIGHT REV. S. THORNTON, D.t)., ON 



palimpsest principles ; a more recent drawing surmounting 

 an older one. 



In the first [Fig. 5] I direct attention to the extraordinary 

 decapitated figures, with a man in the attitude of adoration 

 behind them. Have we human sacrifice here ? Also to 

 the aquiline character of the nose — quite difierent from the 



FIG. 5, 



existing type ; to the very peculiar tasselled head-dress and 

 girdles — quite unknown among present-day natives ; and to 

 the tapering limbs of the figures, which end in points. The 

 transverse form looks like a deity — the Sun, perhaps — and 

 resembles a Polynesian idol. 



The next shows two figures painted over a huge shark 

 [Fig. (ij or marine creature. The figures are unlike current 



FIG. 6. 



