﻿Cameron. 
  — 
  On 
  Rock 
  Paintings 
  in 
  Weka 
  Pass, 
  155 
  

  

  clear 
  philological 
  testimony 
  that 
  the 
  serpent-race 
  of 
  India 
  in 
  early 
  times 
  

   obtained 
  a 
  foothold 
  in 
  New 
  Zealand. 
  This 
  will 
  be 
  further 
  brought 
  out 
  

   below. 
  Again, 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  Buddhist 
  missionaries, 
  they 
  were 
  noted 
  for 
  their 
  

   enterprise 
  and 
  travels 
  for 
  their 
  faith. 
  They 
  carried 
  their 
  faith, 
  doctrines, 
  

   and 
  symbols 
  to 
  the 
  extreme 
  east, 
  north, 
  and 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  continent 
  of 
  

   Asia 
  ; 
  over 
  seas, 
  deserts, 
  and 
  extended 
  barriers 
  of 
  eternal 
  snow, 
  and 
  all 
  

   through 
  to 
  the 
  extreme 
  west 
  of 
  Europe. 
  Is 
  it 
  improbable 
  that, 
  whether 
  

   with 
  the 
  serpent-race 
  from 
  India, 
  or 
  in 
  Phoenician 
  vessels, 
  they 
  arrived 
  in 
  

   New 
  Zealand 
  ? 
  The 
  association 
  of 
  the 
  Buddhist 
  cross 
  with 
  Phoenician 
  

   letters 
  on 
  inscriptions 
  in 
  the 
  west 
  is 
  a 
  fact. 
  

  

  " 
  These 
  observations 
  will 
  serve 
  to 
  clear 
  up 
  the 
  following 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  

   figures 
  transmitted 
  by 
  you 
  : 
  — 
  First, 
  I 
  may 
  say 
  that 
  the 
  figures 
  strike 
  me 
  as 
  

   divisible 
  into 
  pre-Christian, 
  Indian, 
  symbolic, 
  and 
  later 
  native. 
  The 
  pre- 
  

   Christian 
  are 
  generally 
  the 
  hieroglyphics, 
  while 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  drawings 
  of 
  

   men 
  with 
  marine 
  monsters 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  later 
  native. 
  This 
  may 
  be 
  a 
  mere 
  

   supposition, 
  but 
  you 
  have 
  other 
  circumstances 
  to 
  decide 
  this 
  point. 
  Secondly, 
  

   figures 
  2, 
  6, 
  13, 
  21, 
  21a, 
  and, 
  perhaps, 
  24, 
  constitute, 
  along 
  with, 
  very 
  

   probably, 
  15, 
  16, 
  18, 
  one 
  group 
  — 
  the 
  Trinity 
  symbol 
  — 
  and 
  are 
  pre-Christian. 
  

   I 
  can 
  only 
  briefly 
  explain 
  here 
  this 
  symbol. 
  It 
  may 
  suffice 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  

   spirit, 
  matter, 
  and 
  organised 
  life, 
  as 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  on 
  the 
  

   second, 
  are 
  supposed 
  to 
  form 
  the 
  pan-theo-cosmical 
  (if 
  I 
  may 
  coin 
  such 
  a 
  word) 
  

   nature 
  or 
  universe 
  of 
  the 
  ancient 
  religious 
  creed 
  of 
  India, 
  and 
  which 
  was 
  

   carried 
  by 
  the 
  Buddhist 
  missionaries 
  over 
  the 
  world. 
  The 
  symbol 
  of 
  this 
  

   cardinal 
  and 
  esoteric 
  doctrine 
  of 
  religion 
  was 
  three 
  circles 
  near 
  each 
  other, 
  

   and, 
  in 
  my 
  ox^inion, 
  also 
  two 
  joined 
  cii'cles, 
  crossed 
  with 
  the 
  zig-zag 
  figure 
  

   (supposed 
  by 
  some 
  to 
  be 
  also 
  a 
  Masonic 
  symbol) 
  usually 
  called 
  the 
  ' 
  spectacle 
  

   ornament,' 
  the 
  crossing 
  zig-zag 
  figure 
  representing 
  probably 
  spirit. 
  We 
  

   find 
  these 
  symbols 
  alike 
  on 
  great 
  Buddhist 
  temples 
  m 
  India, 
  on 
  the 
  Bhilsa 
  

   ' 
  topes,' 
  on 
  the 
  standing 
  stone 
  in 
  Aberdeen, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Dingwall 
  stone 
  in 
  

   North 
  Britain. 
  The 
  figures 
  composing 
  the 
  symbol 
  are 
  either 
  plain 
  or 
  

   ornamented, 
  and 
  disposed 
  in 
  various 
  ways. 
  The 
  variations 
  are 
  remarkable, 
  

   and 
  give 
  a 
  clue, 
  as 
  I 
  believe, 
  to 
  the 
  true 
  signification 
  of 
  figures 
  2, 
  6, 
  13, 
  15, 
  

   16, 
  18, 
  21, 
  and 
  21a. 
  In 
  all 
  these, 
  the 
  three 
  parts 
  are 
  distinctly 
  made 
  out, 
  

   especially 
  in 
  figures 
  of 
  2, 
  6, 
  21, 
  21a. 
  In 
  my 
  opinion, 
  figures 
  13, 
  15, 
  16, 
  18 
  

   are 
  similar 
  to 
  the 
  'spectacle 
  ornament' 
  of 
  North 
  Britain. 
  Figure 
  14 
  may 
  

   be 
  a 
  representation 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  symbol, 
  or 
  of 
  a 
  Buddhist 
  temple, 
  the 
  form 
  

   of 
  which 
  figures 
  in 
  North 
  Britain, 
  explaining 
  unmistakably 
  the 
  zig-zag 
  line, 
  

   and 
  the 
  sacred 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  Trinity 
  symbol. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  make 
  no 
  observations 
  on 
  fig. 
  17, 
  of 
  which 
  there 
  are 
  several 
  similar 
  

   representations 
  in 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  world. 
  Figs. 
  4, 
  9, 
  22, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  24, 
  

   also 
  have 
  counterparts 
  elsewhere. 
  The 
  Buddhist 
  cross 
  (and 
  Phoenician 
  

  

  