34 Field mid Forest Rambles. 



Nothing further is known of the relic, only that it was dug 

 up when making a cellar in a district far from any locality 

 where such things were likely to be fabricated, thus leaving 

 little doubt as regards its antiquity. 



The next (see vignette on page i) is if anything more 

 interesting, and represents a human head in bas-relief, some- 

 what exceeding the natural dimensions. It is cut on a slab 

 of red granite, and was discovered in a perfectly accidental 

 manner lying among blocks of the same rock on the banks 

 of the beautiful lake of Utopia, at the southern corner of the 

 province. The outline of the features is exceedingly clear 

 and distinct, the nose and forehead forming almost one straight 

 line, somewhat like that seen on Mexican sculptures. I spent 

 several days in the locality searching for further relics, and more 

 especially the remains of a temple building said to have ex- 

 isted at one time on a bluff overlooking the lake, of which, 

 however, not a trace was observable. I believe these two 

 sculptures are the only ancient remains of their kind that have 

 hitherto turned up in New Brunswick, — I might even say 

 Canada and the Northern States. The skill displayed on the 

 medallion clearly indicates a high knowledge of art, never 

 attained by the forefathers of the present Indians ; more- 

 over, if it be not the work of a preceding race, it might be 

 one of the trials of skill of some clever Jesuit father in the 

 early days of colonization ! Indeed when a drawing of this 

 sculpture was displayed at the Boston Natural History 

 Society, some members pronounced it a very modern impo- 

 sition, and asserted it to be a likeness of the great Washing- 

 ton ! I took pains, however, to satisfy myself on that point, 

 having been assured by my friend Mr. Wetmore, of St. 

 Stephen, to whom it was presented by the workmen, that he 

 saw the moss growing on the slab, and was among the first 

 to visit the spot, when he inspected it in situ. It has been 

 deposited by this gentleman in the Natural History Museum 

 of St. John. 



