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sharp instrument, just below the surface of the rock. 
On the shelving portion of the place in question are 
several circular holes in the solid granite from twelve 
to fifteen inches deep, which the Indians have made 
and used as mortars for pounding their corn in ; similar 
ones being found all over the country where the abo- 
rigines have had their habitations. There were other 
places where they had sharpened or ground down their 
arrows and spears. The accompanying engravings 
show the character of the figures, and the taste of the 
designers. Hundreds of similar ones are painted on 
the rocks at this place ; some of them, evidently of great 
age, had been partly defaced to make room for more 
recent devices. 
The overhanging rock beneath which we encamped 
seemed to have been a favorite place of resort for the 
Indians, as it is at the present day for all passing trav- 
ellers. The recess formed by this rock is about fifteen 
