MALLHRY.] PETROGLYPHS IN VIRGINIA. 121 
Fig. 88 represents a number of petroglyphs obtained at the same 
locality as the one last mentioned. The greater number of the char- 
acters appear to represent snakes. 
Fig. 89 shows characters from the Shinumo canyon, which, according 
to the draftsman’s general notes, are painted. 
Fic. 89.—Petroglyphs in Shinumo canyon, Utah. 
VIRGINIA. 
In 1886 Dr. Hoffman visited a local field 9 miles southwest of Taze- 
well, Tazewell county, Virginia, which can be designated as follows: 
The range of hills bounding the western side of the valley presents at 
various points low cliffs and exposures of Silurian sandstone. About 
4 miles below the village, known as Knob post-office, there is a narrow 
ravine leading up toward a depression in the range, forming a pass to 
the valley beyond, near the summit of which is a large irregular expo- 
sure of rock facing west-southwest, upon the eastern extremity of which 
are a number of pictographs, many of which are still in good preser- 
vation. Fig. 90 is a representation. The westernmost object, i. e., 
the one on the extreme left, appears to be a circle about 16 inches in 
diameter, from the outer side of which are short radiating lines giving 
the whole the appearance of a sun. Beneath and to the right of thisis 
the outline of an animal resembling a doe. 
Other figures, chiefly human, follow in close succession to the eastern 
Fic. 90.—Petroglyphs in Tazewell county, Virginia. 
edge of the vertical face of the rock, nearly all of which present the 
arms in various attitudes, i. e., extended or raised as in extreme sur- 
prise or adoration. Concentric rings appear at one point, while a thun- 
der-bird is shown not far away. About 12 feet east of this place are 
several figures resembling the thunder-bird. 
All of the characters, with one exception, are drawn in heavy or solid 
