MALLERY. | IN PENNSYLVANIA. 109 
Near Washington, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, on ‘“ Mill stream,” 
one-fourth of a mile above its junction with the Susquehanna river, is a 
large bowlder of gray sandstone (Fig. 73), the exposed portion of which 
bears several deeply incised lines which appear to have served as topo- 
graphic indicators, as several others of like kind occur farther down- 
stream. The longest incision is about 28 inches in length, the next one 
parallel to it, about 14 inches, while the third character is V-shaped, 
one arm of which is about 10 inches in length and the other 12. The 
apex of this character points in a southeast direction. 
One-eighth of a mile farther down is another bowlder, also near the 
water, which bears shorter lines than the preceding, but in general 
pointing almost southeast and northwest. 
The workmanship is similar to that at Conowingo, Maryland, at the 
site of the Bald Friar rocks. The marks appear to have been chipped 
to a considerable depth and then rubbed with sand and some hard sub- 
stance so as to present a smooth and even surface, removing all or 
nearly all of the pecked surface. 
Fic. 73.—Petroglyph near Washington, Pennsylvania. 
Mr. P. W. Shafer, on the same historical map of Pennsylvania before 
mentioned, presents also a group of pictures copied from the originals 
on the Alleghany river, in Venango county, 5 miles south of Franklin, 
on what is known as the Indian God rock. There are but six charac- 
ters furnished in his copy, three of which are variations of the human 
form, while the others are undetermined. 
This rock was visited in 1886 by Dr. Hoffman, who made a number of 
drawings of objects represented, of which only those in Fig. 74 are 
here reproduced. The face of the bowlder bearing the original petro- 
glyphs has been much disfigured by visitors who, in endeavoring to dis- 
play their skill by pecking upon the surface names, dates, and other 
