FARABEE— SOUTH AMERICAN PETROGLYPHS 



superposed heads, and the footprint. The footprint is nearly half an 

 inch deep, eight inches long, and five inches across the toes. All the 

 toes are clearly marked, showing that it was meant to be the imprint 

 of the right foot. None of the human figures is complete. The man 

 with three strings of seven balls hanging from each arm has no legs. 

 On top of the same rock is a rectangle having within three lines of 

 seven balls each and another one with three lines of five balls each. 

 In the photograph is one rectangle having small circles attached to 

 the corners and seven cross-lines, and another with three cross-lines, 

 making three squares, each of which has a smaller square within. 

 There are also several separated figures of three concentric circles 

 each, and other single circles with cross-lines at right angles. The 

 only animal is a possible sting-ray three feet long. 



CUDUWINI RIVER 



Several days' journey from the savannah, in the depths of the 

 forest, on the banks of the Cuduwini river, there is another group of 

 loose rocks covered with de- 

 signs. As will be seen from 

 plate I, these are small, more 

 or less angular detached rocks, 

 lying about near the surface of 

 the water where they would be 

 concealed from view in the wet 

 season. The site is a good 

 camping place and fish are 

 plentiful, but there are hun- 

 dreds of places along the river 

 where there are rocks at camp- 

 ing places and no glyphs appear. 

 By comparing plates I and II 

 and figure I it will be seen that 

 the workmanship and designs 

 here are very different from 

 those on the savannah. There 

 are many human heads, but no 

 complete figure of a man. One 

 body even has two heads. 

 There are three methods used 

 in making the eyes: the round 



dot, the small circle, and the dot within the circle. The mouth is either 

 a line, a rectangle, or an inclosed line. There are also a fish, two 



Fig. i. — Petroglyphs on the Cuduwini. 



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