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AN AJSTALYSIS OF THE 



Fig. 154. 



(*) 



Now if the last of the series be man, it is highly pi'obable that the preceding 

 three have been derived from it, and that the first is its radical. If it be so, the following 

 Fignre 155, will be composed of two anthropoid outlines on either side of a central 

 object. 



■ Fig. 155. (+) 



Figures 157 and 158 are probably representations of man, and we are lead to 

 believe that Fig. 156 and the central portion of Fig. 155 have the same value. We 

 have already seen the probable bearing of the cross mai-king within these two figures. 



Assuming the correctness of the conclusion that the figure is anthropoid, we have 

 to explain the connection between it and the two inclined figures on either side. 



* Simpson, I. c. . 

 \ Squier, Nicaragua, I. c. 

 s t Ibid. I. c. 



§ Spix, nnd v. Martins, I. c. 



