462 MATHEWS— CEREMONIAL STONES, AUSTRALIA. [October i, 



tinted sandstone, all of them being more or less profusely orna- 

 mented with incisions. Nos. 5, 6, 7 and 9 are gray sandstone. 



Fig. 2. Ceremonial stones. Nos. i, 2, 3, and 4 are of red sandstone,. 

 all much marked. Nos. 8 and lO are of slate. No. 8, is 19 inches long. The 

 rest are of gray sandstone. 



Nos. 8 and 10 are clay slate — the former being nineteen inches 

 long. The three small articles on the floor of the picture are stone 

 hatchets, and are without numbers. 



The two plates now submitted, if studied in connection with the 

 comprehensive diagrammatic drawings given in my former article, 

 will enable the reader to form a very clear conception of what these 

 remarkable stones look like. 



