Archeology and Ethnology of Easter Island. 
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alae are prominent. The lips protrude with a pouting 
The oval eye-sockets measure 13 by 8 inches. The ears are 21 
inches long, not modeled except in general outline, and having a 
few shallow grooves. The edges of the lower jaw are sharp, 
and the neck is cut squarely into the breast. A necklace is ap- 
parently marked out. The pectoral mammae are obscurely 
shown. The back of the figure is nearly flat, and parallel verti- 
cal grooves show how the image was chopped out. The stone is 
wreathed and covered with lichen, so that there are scarcely any 
traces of tool marks. Certain rounded blocks of very vesicular 
rock are crowns that were placed upon the flat heads of the fig- 
uresi Characters are seen carved on the side of the crown. 
Originally from six to fifteen colossi were set upon long but nar- 
row platforms or terraces of stone. There are various conjectures 
to their meaning. Mr. Thomson thinks they were merely 
