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to be made : he would say : — " That is good enough." The 

 ear and paw are coeval with the rest of the kangaroo; 

 there is not the slightest difference in the workmanship. 

 They were cut by the same man with the same tools. 



The well known figure on Woollahra Point is Mariana de 

 Oastro. You say: — "But surely that is a man." For these 

 reasons it is a woman: — 



1. She was of a brave and daring character to go on such 



an expedition. 



2. Lope de Vega would not have taken her with him if 



she had not been so. 



3. The absence of flowing robes, even if they were in 



common use in Peru in 1595, is a style quite natural 

 for a travelling woman to adopt. 



4. The short and broad proportions of the figure (5 feet 



without her sabots) are feminine. 



5. The outline of the hair is more than masculine. 



6. The coquetry of the ornament in the middle of her 



forehead, perhaps a great emerald that once graced 

 an Inca's crown, is truly womanish, as well as the 

 large ruff. 



7. The simulation of the male is exactly what we should 



expect in a woman who knew that any moment she 

 might have to fight for her life with naked savages. 



8. From the savage's point of view, the masquerade 



meant one more Peruvian Spaniard to be dealt with ; 

 or, if it was omitted, a prize for victory. 



Then we have the camp marks, they have a fish-like tail 

 and much resemble the dugong or manatee of Central 

 America. The manatee, by the way, is an object of rever- 

 ence in parts of South America as the " Spirit of the Water." 

 These possibly are also "Sanctuary" places where the 



