" Timehri " or Pictured Rocks. 11 



judges or historians. We can safely state that no reasons can be given 

 for Timehri pictures and that even some of our Indians of to-day are ready 

 with explanations, and we should have to hesitate before accepting them. 

 Some of our children can make up stories to excuse their actions but we 

 do not take these as worthy of credence. We can however be interested 

 in comparative ethnology without believing in the reasons or excuses 

 given for habits, manners and customs. 



Note- — The block on the title-papre of this Journal contains figures from various 

 localities. We have in the Museum two pieces of rock from Waraputa which show the 

 real figures ; these rocks had slipped from their place and sunk into the river, and their 

 removal was therefore no damage to the whole. 



