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substitution of the present portrait for the original one. 
The inclination is about thirty-six degrees from the ver¬ 
tical; and as the stone is about twenty-five feet above 
ground, it must be wedged with large foundation-stones, 
or be buried deep in the soft earth. 
Of all the portraits cut upon these stones, this leaning 
monolith has the most remarkable. The hands and feet 
are represented in the same conventional manner as on 
the stone marked E ; but the immense size of the nose, as 
well as of the ears, distinguishes it from all others. The 
cast of countenance is very Egyptian. On many of these 
sculptures are seen indications of the worship of the cross 
(as in the figure on the reverse of E), although this sym¬ 
bol is usually of complicated form, as on the celebrated 
tablet at Palenque. The monolith B has on the breast, in 
place of the cross, the double triangle, sometimes called 
Solomon’s Seal, and, like the cross, a well-known symbol 
of primitive worship. The nose of the figure on what is 
now the upper side of F, is broken, but was of large size 
originally. 
There were several curious features in the. decorative 
or symbolic work on the monument marked E on the 
plan. The plumes above the head are very extensive, 
and there are two distinct heads of the tigre, superim¬ 
posed with two well-modelled hands extending from the 
union. The face is much injured. The ears are enor¬ 
mous, and beneath the chin is a projection reminding one 
of the “ beard-case ” of the ancient Egyptians. One arm, 
with ruffled sleeve, holds an instrument much like a 
“jumping-jack,” or else a human body impaled, while the 
other is concealed beneath a richly ornamented target. 
The feet are turned out, and on them rest what closely 
