and in cases imitate closely by casting or modeling 
the genuine works of the ancients, but more — mere 
inventions in which the imagination of the artist 
has been given full play, increasing. the variety 
but departing so far from the characteristics of 
the originals as to be readily detected by those 
having intimate knowledge of the native art. Some 
of the Guatemalan specimens are tlle tablets of 
i cee caa aes varied outline in brownish baked 
clay, mn one face of which are modeled figures, 
devices, and imitationghieroglyphs of wide range. 
The a ambitious vases in which the sorne of 
men and various imaginary creatures appear, are 
loaded with strange ornamen bs embodying ebacepts » 
berrowed indiscriminately from many sources, 
