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radial groove ; the distinction, however, is immaterial. This 

 form distinguishes these sculptures from all others. Some- 

 times there is only one circle ; frequently there are three or 

 four ; and in one case, there are eight. The size varies 

 from two inches up to thirty-nine inches in diameter. Some 

 forms are true circles, as if drawn by the help of an instru- 

 ment ; most however, had been drawn without such aid, for 

 they are irregular in outline — some bulged out in breadth, in 

 the proportion of 13 and 14 to 12, others lengthened and 

 pear-shaped. Usually the groove is straight, but sometimes 

 it is curved and wavy, and oftentimes extended beyond the 

 outer circle. The groove is very generally down the slope 

 of the rock, but occasionally it is across the slope. 



Another highly typical figure consists of incomplete con- 

 centric circles around a central hollow, but 

 having no groove — Fig. 2. The passage out of 

 figure 1, is as it were, by a hollow way ; but out 

 of this by a causeway. 



These incomplete circles sometimes end in 

 hollows. 



The groove passing through the concentric circles, some- 

 times is diametric — Fig. 11 ; but this is not frequent, and 

 occurs chiefly in compound figures. 



A circle or circles around a cup, but with the groove 

 extended from the circumference of the outer circle — Fig 5. 



Incomplete concentric circles around a cup, and with two 

 parallel grooves from the ends of the inner circle — Fig. 6. 



Another figure similar to this, has one groove from the 



