16 QUIRIGTJA. 



Circular Altar L. (Plate XLIX., b, and Plate L., a and b.) 

 Diameter 3 feet 4 inches. 



This stone has probably been moved from its original position. It is carved on one 

 face only and is much weather-worn. The glyphs which almost surround the seated 

 figure have an archaic appearance and are not easy to identify. 



Alligator's Head M. (Plate L.) 

 Length about 4 feet. 



This stone also has probably been moved from its original position. As the 

 inscription extends over the back of the head it does not appear probable that the 

 head was ever attached to a body, and the monument must be regarded as complete in 

 itself. 



Monument N. (Plate LI.) 

 This monument, when first seen in 1883, was almost entirely covered by a tree, as 

 shown in the photograph. When the tree was cut down, the stone was found to be 

 broken in two and much mutilated. I regret that I have no detailed description of 

 this monument among my notes, but the general character of the design is shown in 

 the photograph. 



Monolithic Animal O. (Plate LII.) 



This monument was even more completely covered by the stem of a huge tree than 

 that last described, and only small portions of the carved stone could be detected 

 between the great buttress roots (see Plate LIL, a). In 1883 we were not able to 

 free the monument entirely from the roots which encased it, and the photograph 

 (Plate LIL, c) was taken eleven years later when the wood had decayed. In the 

 meantime much of the carved surface of the stone, which had been cracked by the 

 pressure of the tree's growth, had crumbled away. 



In design it bears some resemblance to that of a double-headed dragon ; the 

 principal head, that facing south, is surrounded with a hieroglyphic inscription 



