108 CAMPS IN THE CARIBBEES. 
ered with incised figures, which are undoubtedly of 
great antiquity, and the lines or grooves are so nearly 
obliterated that I will not hazard a guess as to their 
meaning. The central figure, however, a face en- 
closed in a triangle, seems to resemble rude aboriginal 
representations of the sun. It is conjectured that this 
was a sacrificial stone used by the Caribs, or their 
predecessors, the Arowaks; and this statement would 
seem to be confirmed by the various.channels leading 
from the attendant satellites to the central figure. The 
rock at present lies with its face slanting to the south- 
west, owing to the excavation of the earth beneath it 
by a small stream that runs near. A few miles below 
is another and smaller rock, having carved upon it 
a face surrounded by scroll-work. In the island of 
Guadeloupe is a large rock having upon it a figure 
of more intricate design; and it is said that there are 
sculptured rocks in the island of St. John, one of the 
Virgin Islands. Owing to the rugged conformation 
of the islands chosen as their home, it is not possible 
to discover such evidences of their handiwork as in 
islands of more level surface. 
As the only remaining Indians between the con- 
tinent of South America and North America, be- 
tween Guiana and Florida, these Caribs possess an 
interest attaching to no other tribe living. Having 
visited the southernmost resident Indians in the United 
States, the Seminoles, offshoots from the Creeks, I 
was enabled to note more intelligently the differences 
between the two tribes; and, aside from these and 
other reasons; I-do not think the Caribs ever reached 
the continent of North America. This statement may 
be met with the counter one that the Seminoles, at 
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