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rangement of points in ‘parallel vertical lines is rather frequent, 
occurring several times here (Fig. v), as well as at Cacimba Cir- 
cada (Fig. 2), and at Sant’ Anna (Fig. x), There aré several 
such rings as that shown at e, one of them having thirty-four 
points instead of thirty-six, while others are broken, or the points 
are too indistinct to be determined. There are two asterisks of 
eight rays, one associated with other markings (Fig. v) and an- 
other one independent, while still another asterisk has twenty 
rays (Fig. 2). The only figure that seems to be intended to rep- 
resent anything is Fig. 7, which appears to be a rude representa- 
tion of a spear-head. Part of Fig. o might be supposed to repre- 
sent a fish, but I fancy that whatever resemblance there may be 
_ is accidental. The resemblance between some of these designs 
__ and some given by Professor Hartt! from the Amazon region is 
noteworthy, especially that of the spiral shown in / and that of 
the circle with the point at the center, such as are shown at J. 
Returning from Aguas Bellas to the Rio Sao Francisco by way 
of the village of Sant’ Anna, in the province of Alagoas, at half 
a league from this latter place I found the figures shown at * in- 
scribed upon the side of a large gneiss boulder of decomposition. 
These figures are both cut and painted, and have the same dull 
red color as those at Pedra Pintada. There are other marks upon 
the vertical faces of this and of the other boulders of the group, 
evidently made by the same hands. These are simply polished 
spots varying in size from one to two feet in diameter. They are, 
for the most part, nearly round, but some of them are oblong, 
and none of them are more than about a quarter of an inch in 
l th—most of them not so deep, and are all painted. The 
~ Stones upon which these inscriptions are made, as has already 
been Stated, are gneiss boulders of decomposition, about a dozen 
in number, from six to twelve feet in height, and are grouped 
together upon the summit of a little hill of solid gneiss, as shown 
in the accompanying sketch. F 
as... The boulders near Sant? Anna, Province of ane 
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AMERICAN NATURALIST, May, 1871. 
