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pottery were found near them, but beneath them the black 

 greasy nature of the soil seemed to indicate an ancient place 

 of interment. These figures are extremely rude and undoubt- 

 edly intended to represent both sexes (Figs. 5 and 6). Though 



Figs, o and Q.—FLvizzaniw, Italy. 



differing slightly in details still their affinity to those of 

 Southern France is easily recognised. The absence of the 

 mouth, the constant representation of the face in a symbolic 

 T form, and the appearance of tattooing on the face of one of 

 the figures all point to a common ancestry. The male statues 

 each bear a poniard resembling those of the early Bronze Age. 



Five other similar statues, rather less rudely sculptured, 

 have been discovered in the same commune of Fivizzano. 

 They are undoubtedly of a later date as one of them bears an 

 Etruscan inscription, not necessarily however of the same age 

 as the figure (Fig. 7), and another is sculptured with a 

 warrior armed with the typical sword and axe of the Iron 

 Age (Fig. 8). 



We will now turn to our second Guernsey statue-menhir, 

 that of St. Martin's (Fig. 2), which I purposely leave to the 

 last, as I think it will be agreed, on comparing it with those of 

 France, that it is undoubtedly the latest of the series. It 



