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254 not be found, and what remained was simply the bust and head. The latter was disproportionately great; the eyes were large, round, and staring; the ears broad and long; and from the widely-distended month, the lower jaw of which was forced down by the two hands of the figure, projected a tongue which reached to the breast, giving to the whole an unnatural and horrible expression. As it stood in the pit, with its monstrous) head rising above the ground, and with its fixed stony gaze, it seemed like some grey monster just emerging front the depths of the earth, at the bidding of the wizard-priest of an unholy religion. One man stood back, and more than once crossed himself as he muttered to his neighbour, "It is the devil!"

After completing the drawings of these curious monuments and works of art, all relating to a period of civilization, of which scarcely any other record remains, the party prepared themselves for a voyage to the great uninhabited island of Tapatera, situated amidst a group of islets perhaps the most singular in the world. These islands were found to be still more rich in monuments and statues. On the first day the men succeeded in raising ten ancient figures, besides fragments. Wearied now with fatigue, they disposed themselves in groups around the statues, or stretched themselves at length among the bushes. "Wearied myself," says the eloquent and enthusiastic ethnologist, "but with the complacency of a father contemplating his children, and without yet venturing to speculate upon our singular discoveries, I seated myself upon a broad flat stone, artificially hollowed in the centre, and gave rein to fancy. The bushes were cleared away, and I could easily make