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failed to reveal their existence in these islands. Between the two fishes, or 
whales, we have No. 2, which might represent a fishhook, and below the 
snake, No. 5, a sword with a curved blade, whilst No. 6, in the same line 
is one of those remarkable signs or letters. Advancing towards the right, 
we reach a group which is of special interest to us, the figure, No. 9, which 
is nearly a foot long, having all the appearance of a long-necked bird, 
carrying the head as the cassowary and emu do, and as the moa has done. 
If this figure does not represent a moa, it might be a reminiscence by 
tradition of the cassowary. The figure is, unfortunately, not complete, as 
only the portion of one leg has been preserved. The forked tail is, how- 
ever, unnatural, and if this design should represent the moa, I might 
suggest that it was either a conventional way of drawing that bird, or 
that it was already extinct when this representation was painted accord- 
ing to tradition ; in which latter case No. 11 might represent the taniwha, 
or gigantie fabulous lizard which is said to have watched the moa. No. 8 
is doubtless a quadruped, probably a dog, which, as my researches have 
shown, was a contemporary of the moa, and was used also as food by 
the moa-hunters. No. 10 is evidently a weapon, probably an adze or 
tomahawk, and might, being close to the supposed bird, indicate the 
manner in which the latter was killed during the chase. The post with 
the two branches near the top (No. 12) finds a counterpart in the remnant 
of a similar figure, not numbered, between the figures Nos. 3 and 9. They 
might represent some of the means by which the moa was caught, or 
indicate that it existed in open country between the forest. No. 18, under 
which the rock in the central portion has scaled off, is, like No. 6, one of the 
designs which resembles ancient oriental writing. Approaching the middle 
portion of the wall, we find here a well-arranged group of paintings, the 
centre of which has all the appearance of a hat ornamented on the crown. 
The rim of this broad-brimmed relic measures two feet across. The expert 
of ancient eustoms and habits of the Malayan and South Indian eountries 
might perhaps be able to throw some light upon this and the surrounding 
figures, Nos. 15 and 18,to which I can offer no palpable suggestion. From 
No. 17, which is altogether three feet high, evidently issues fire or smoke ; 
it therefore might represent a tree on fire, a lamp, or an altar with incense 
offering. If we compare this peculiar appearance with one of the figures 
on the copy of the Takiroa Cave paintings, we find that it has the same 
characteristic feature. The figure No. 15 is particularly well painted, and 
the outlines are clearly defined, but I can make no suggestion as to its 
meaning. In No. 19 we have doubtless the picture of a human being, who 
is running away from No. 17, the object from the top of which issues fire 
or smoke, and I need scarcely point out to you that this small figure is full 
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