A CURIOUS ALTAR. 141 



city. The lines are still distinctly visible, and a faithful 

 copy appears in the following cut. 



f/fT/Vi-A'lVOu/i /). ANDIzKSONS. 



The next two engravings exhibit the four sides of this 

 altar. Each side represents four individuals. On the 

 west side are the two principal personages, chiefs or 

 warriors, with their faces opposite each other, and ap- 

 parently engaged in argument or negotiation. The 

 other fourteen are divided into two equal parties, and 

 seem to be following their leaders. Each of the two 

 principal figures is seated cross-legged, in the Oriental 

 fashion, on a hieroglyphic which probably designates 

 his name and office, or character, and on three of which 



