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AMERICAN NATURALIST. 
Vol. V.— MAY, 1871.— No. 3 
CTEGSOCKVOD DY 
BRAZILIAN ROCK INSCRIPTIONS. 
BY PROF. CH. FRED. HARTT. 
Ir is a great shame that the antiquities of Brazil have so far re- 
ceived little or no attention, yet the country is one whose eth- 
nology is extremely interesting, and it is very desirable that the 
history of its many tribes should be traced out. The neglect of 
Brazilian antiquities has arisen, no doubt, from the comparative 
rarity of the relics and the difficulty of exploring the country. 
Stone implements are found all over the empire, ancient pot- 
tery occurs in many localities, especially in burial stations, and 
Kjokkenméddings exist on the coast as at Santa Cruz in the 
Province of Espiritu Santo, on the Bay of Rio de Janeiro, at 
Santos and elsewhere. But they have attracted very little atten- 
tion, though they are occasionally mentioned by travellers. 
During my expedition last summer to the Amazonas, I lost 
no opportunity of studying the antiquities of the country, and I 
was successful in collecting a few facts of importance. On the 
Rio Tocantins near the lower falls, I found figures engraved on 
rocks, and from the cliffs of the Serra do Ereré I copied a great 
number of rude figures and signs drawn in red paint. My good 
friend, Senhor Ferreira Penna, at Pará, was kind enough to give me 
a series of drawings from the Serra of Obidos, which locality I did 
not visit, together with the original MS. and drawings of a Gov- 
ernment report on certain Indian drawings on the Rio Oyapock. 
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by the PEABODY ACADEMY OF 
SCIENCE, in the Offee of the Librarian o of Congress, at Washington. 
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