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 70 ABORIGINAL MONUMENTS

last named, which is now in the possession of Erasmus Gest, Esq. of Cincinnati. The original is five inches long by three broad at the ends, and about half an inch in thiekness.

The circumstances under which this relic was discoy- ered are such as to leave little doubt of its authenticity, or that it pertained to the race of the mounds. It was dis- covered in December, 1841. The material isa fine grained compact sandstone, of a brown color. The sculptured face varies very slightly from a perfect plane. The figures are in low relief (the lines being not more than one-twentieth of an inch in depth), and are embraced in a rectangular space, four and two-tenth inches long by two and two-tenth inches broad. A right line is drawn across the face, near each end, exterior to which are notches, twenty-four at one end, twenty-five at the other. Extending diagonally inward from these lines are fifteen short ones, seven at one end, eight at the other. The back of the stone has three deep longitudinal grooves, and several depressions, evidently caused by rubbing,—probably produced in sharpening the instrument used in carving.

Without alluding to the “singular resemblance which