110 R. H. MATHEWS. 



On leaving the larger circle, and proceeding along the pathway, 

 nothing was noticeable for about one hundred and forty yards, 

 then for a distance of about three hundred and twenty yards 

 numerous devices and figures were carved in the turf, extending 

 about twenty feet back from the track on either side. In order 

 to obtain a clean even space on which to work, the loose surface 

 soil had been removed and piled into little heaps like ant hills, 

 and the earth cut out in carving the outlines of the figures was 

 disposed of in the same manner ; every heap having a small stick 

 stuck upright in the top of it, which had rather a pleasing effect. 



The most interesting of these carvings in the soil was a group 

 of twelve persons, life size, with their heads in the direction of 

 the smaller circle, and were on the south side of the pathway. 

 (Plate 3, fig. 1.) All the figures were joined together — the hands 

 and feet of one joining the hands and feet of others. These 

 figures were formed by cutting a nick or groove in the ground along 

 the outline of each. They represented young men who were with 

 JBaiamai at his first camp. 



A large number of devices, somewhat similar in character to 

 those seen on trees about Bora grounds were outlined by a groove 

 cut in the soil, about two inches deep, and from two to three 

 inches wide, cut out with tomahawks and sharpened sticks. Three 

 of the most representative of these are reproduced on Plate 3, 

 figs. 5, 6, 7. There were about forty of these designs cut in the 

 ground in various places and at irregular intervals throughout 

 the space of three hundred and twenty yards before mentioned. 

 Each one had a separate pattern, and some were on one side of 

 the path, and some on the other ; they are remarkable for their 

 great number and variety. Some of the largest of these designs 

 were from ten to fifteen feet square, but others were much smaller. 



On the northern side of the path was a representation of a horse 

 and parts of a vehicle, outlined by carving in the soil like the 

 preceding ; and near a stump which was naturally in that place, 

 was the effigy of a blackfellow composed of sticks and old clothes, 

 like a scare-crow, having round his neck a string from which was 



