662 PICTURE-WRITING OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. 
° COMING RAIN. 
Mr. Keam in his MS. describes Fig. 1079 as two forms of 
the symbolof Aloseka, whichis the budof thesquash. The 
form seen in the upper part of the figure, drawn in profile, 
is also used by the Moki to typify the east peak of the 
nd SanFrancisco mountains, the birthplace of the Aloseka; 
when the clouds circle, it presages the coming rain, In 
Fic. 1079.Com- the rock carvings the curving profile is further conven- 
ata tionalized into straight lines and assumes the lower form. 
The collection of characters given in Figs. 1080 and 1081 are selected 
from a list published by Maj. C. R. Conder (6). That list includes all 
the Hittite designs distinctly deciphered which are so far known, and 
they are divided by the author into two plates, one giving the ‘“ Hittite 
emblems,” as he calls them, ‘‘of known sound,” and which are all com- 
pared with the Cypriote, and some with the cuneiform, Egyptian, and 
other characters; and the other comprising the “Hittite emblems <* 
uncertain sound.” The collection is highly suggestive for comparison 
of the significance of many forms commonly appearing in several lands 
and also as a study of conventionalizing. In these respects its pre- 
sentation renders it unnecessary to dwell as much as would otherwise 
be required upon the collections of Egyptian and cuneiform characters, 
with which students are more familiar and which teach substantially 
the same lessons. 
HITTITE EMBLEMS OF KNOWN SOUND. 
a, a crook. Cypriote wu. 
b, apparently a key. Cypriote ke. Compare the cuneiform emblem 
tk, “to open.” 
c,atiara. Cypriote ko; Akkadian ku, “prince;” Manchu chu, “lord.” 
d, another tiara, apparently a variant of ¢. 
e, hand and stick. Cypriote ta, apparently a causative prefix, like 
the Egyptian determinative; Chinese ta, ‘ beat.” 
jf, an herb. Cypriote te; Akkadian ti, “live;” Turkish 7t, ‘‘sprout;” 
ot, “herb.” 
g, the hand grasping. Cypriote to. Compare the Egyptian, cunei- 
form and Chinese signs for “touch,” “take,” “have.” Akkadian tu, 
“have.” 
h, apparently a branch. Cypriote pa. Compare Akkadian pa, “stick” 
(Lenormant). 
i, apparently a flower. Cypriote pu. Compare the Akkadian em- - 
blem pa, apparently a flower. Akkadian pu, ‘“long;” Tartar boy, 
“long,” “erowth,” “egrass;” Hungarian fu, “herb.” 
j, a cross. Cypriote lo; Carian h. 
k, a yoke. Cypriote lo and le; Akkadian lu, ‘‘yoke.” 
| probably represents rain. Compare the Egyptian, Akkadian, and 
Chinese emblems for “rain,” ‘‘storm,” ‘‘darkness.” 
