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  'Transactions 
  . 
  — 
  Miscellan 
  eons. 
  

  

  Akt. 
  XIV. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  Rock 
  Paintings 
  in 
  the 
  Weka 
  Pass. 
  By 
  A. 
  Mackenzie 
  

  

  Cameron. 
  Communicated 
  by 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  von 
  Haast, 
  Ph.D., 
  F.E.S. 
  

  

  [Bead 
  before 
  the 
  Philosophical 
  Institute 
  of 
  Canterbury, 
  4th 
  April, 
  1878.] 
  

  

  " 
  1, 
  Cascade 
  Terrace, 
  Cascade 
  Street, 
  Paddington, 
  

   " 
  Sydney, 
  9tli 
  February, 
  1878. 
  

   " 
  To 
  Professor 
  Julius 
  von 
  Haast, 
  President 
  Philosophical 
  Institute, 
  

   Christchurch, 
  Canterbury, 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  

   " 
  My 
  Dear 
  Sir, 
  — 
  You 
  have 
  already 
  received 
  my 
  hurried 
  acknowledgment 
  of 
  

   the 
  receipt 
  of 
  your 
  kind 
  communication 
  enclosing 
  photographs 
  of 
  the 
  newly- 
  

   discovered 
  rock 
  paintings 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand, 
  with 
  notes 
  on 
  them 
  supplied 
  by 
  

   yourself 
  and 
  the 
  Eev. 
  Mr. 
  Stack.''' 
  I 
  now 
  proceed 
  to 
  oiier 
  some 
  suggestions 
  

   on 
  the 
  figures, 
  premising 
  that 
  being 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  Society 
  of 
  Biblical 
  

   Archeology 
  of 
  London, 
  and 
  having 
  in 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  extensive 
  travels 
  in 
  old 
  

   Asiatic 
  countries 
  come 
  across 
  and 
  studied 
  many 
  very 
  ancient 
  remains 
  (some 
  

   fully 
  3000 
  years 
  old), 
  and 
  further, 
  having 
  made 
  early 
  alphabets 
  and 
  symbols 
  

   special 
  studies, 
  I 
  was 
  entrusted 
  lately 
  in 
  London 
  for 
  elucidation, 
  by 
  my 
  

   very 
  old 
  friend, 
  Dr. 
  Thomas 
  Allan 
  Wise, 
  M.D., 
  F.E.S. 
  Ediu., 
  with 
  drawings 
  

   of 
  rock 
  sculptures 
  and 
  figures 
  which 
  he 
  (delighting 
  in 
  antiquarian 
  researches) 
  

   had 
  at 
  considerable 
  labour 
  and 
  expense 
  made 
  in 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  kingdom 
  

   of 
  Scotland, 
  and 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  on 
  Plates 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  

   Eoyal 
  Society,' 
  Vol. 
  XXI. 
  I 
  have 
  thus 
  materials 
  at 
  hand 
  for 
  comparison 
  

   besides 
  my 
  own 
  studies 
  and 
  experience. 
  I 
  may 
  add 
  that 
  I 
  am 
  pleased 
  to 
  

   see 
  Mr. 
  Stack's 
  name, 
  as 
  I 
  happened 
  in 
  England 
  to 
  be 
  well-known 
  to, 
  and 
  

   sometimes 
  associated 
  in 
  work 
  with, 
  his 
  venerable 
  and 
  respected 
  father, 
  the 
  

   Eev. 
  James 
  Stack. 
  

  

  " 
  To 
  proceed 
  .to 
  the 
  figures, 
  1 
  have 
  to 
  state 
  — 
  (1.) 
  That 
  such 
  ancient 
  

   remains 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  such 
  distant 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  globe 
  as 
  Ireland, 
  Scot- 
  

   land, 
  India, 
  and 
  Borneo, 
  and 
  the 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  last 
  to 
  New 
  Zealand 
  is 
  

   not 
  so 
  great 
  as 
  the 
  distance 
  of 
  Ireland 
  or 
  Scotland 
  fi-om 
  India. 
  (2.) 
  In 
  the 
  

   western 
  countries 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  sets 
  of 
  figures 
  — 
  one 
  Eastern 
  in 
  origin 
  and 
  

   pre-Christian, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  Native, 
  and 
  post-Christian. 
  They 
  are 
  easily 
  

   distinguishable. 
  (3.) 
  The 
  pre-Christian 
  figures 
  were 
  made 
  by 
  Phoenician 
  

   traders 
  and 
  Buddhist 
  missionaries 
  from 
  India. 
  Both 
  were 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  age 
  

   of 
  the 
  world's 
  history. 
  The 
  first 
  were 
  well 
  known 
  for 
  maritime 
  enterprise, 
  

   and 
  if 
  they 
  made 
  for 
  one 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  world 
  in 
  Cornwall 
  for 
  tin, 
  and 
  

   down 
  south-east 
  to 
  Taprobane 
  and 
  the 
  Aurea 
  Chersonesus 
  for 
  other 
  mer- 
  

   chandise 
  and 
  gold, 
  why 
  should 
  it 
  be 
  improbable 
  that 
  they 
  visited 
  the 
  ' 
  Isles 
  

   of 
  the 
  Sea 
  ' 
  expressly 
  mentioned 
  by 
  Ezekiel, 
  and 
  reach 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  

   chain 
  which 
  begins 
  with 
  Sumatra 
  and 
  ends 
  with 
  New 
  Zealand 
  ? 
  We 
  have 
  

  

  Vol. 
  X., 
  p. 
  44, 
  et 
  seq., 
  pi. 
  I. 
  

  

  