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Show i, 'pKr-0 I STONE. vHScimA"' -- iQ?0A i-itKjiirrorttc people; , ( .451, or yiik a atKtuta 6P a i nm-sot-riSBA-. trt ,vT lirsfcrt arciiipfj,oaQr p -r -iHe.) cowiIuh a ea -rtx&uf -or bmS)? jinks and cuthds-iiisr cuthds-iiisr rtrvMO tjflrato frxyw)eB or ' awl torm: ci tUe Mete aierv rvcic. many ate uoluhab!!e4 aud n fP:hSc?1" borulou-. t"xi,UDK tl.o-fpiu! casern una of the chain atal thenars, btuni U Van at the wwltnknljUiti hBTatoen rarely, njBri Utg-ti never, tblteU l.r fctiB-Hima, uuluu In tile ilunirdS. wilUtr ' bec-oomUTa." WIiU IlluiM-ruuicut, the Qilburtatid Mar-t-41utw th Carollnta makeup tliat hwiieaoC t-u Pacific -which is kiioitivlto avf4pl.m as Micro-neafa," Micro-neafa," !Cuap, sooKtliiie, calliil (roD-rtiD',i (roD-rtiD',i stent flfly mi'', in iir. MiBifeMir e; btof -.lm 'vnuation: Iws a MljaXtaiit of UIkIi -round atxntuAr flru exctdient1t;tora. Th- Xm " t til Indutttl out ttrxt Iwlo-hre for bouth Seu btarriiW4if fii j liae a kIuj; f CiS(lh"?',".r lnSi 'oidl au v-W"Sr, fijS v aWahuii -; 1. Uaveiilf bar,, Jt..WrTji liiat ih La ckiat U t a liljU-r civil iiU t-au ibeavrre l'olyneslBC U It IrkaThK (bill therblo-iiwii -UBstKie bj aiue i d a-:ecli uot umltrnod bjr y 1 bHantotj neotdi.-. Ttiu feHnd k w t ct d I j nvl v tu lift of v(y -neKnt dale, i-trly voyages MBrd lu .uppute tliat tlie rre dvti oMfiv old rauiLli aWiMlietBl but U'h liaabcani .boa u (q, U iBiia4vUo, 114-Ml rrvm tire rtatt, at biucti greater ai. The rfrii In ar, in imm . bk--. the out-tiiifo out-tiiifo of lotilii-atioiis Ibay are Wipfcu Jiif. npe icifumrlris; plgltt HMiuJen fret I- laiijj'li ifjunred tlpan -Ja. aid. r:i a aturt-a an of a Javruut fcoloji j1 t'lnra'l-r from Zi,u albct tj't f.iin' on the blutti. TfaeTefutv Uiej mul have Un inmortnl, -uil o.ue of the llae ae e"t .'oulde the ii auuvi st-litl. -ioni of aiirh .!. meuik rr- h-yen"! lw (aawrtsot lo.$- M(nn'li bue-ini'cr. ritlur to VMvr by tiu-ir ttTM-V, or to erect jh-i lullJIUHf, itli tne unuual Ar t' ey .-s--il. The traic-! traic-! port 1 usrami erei U its; rf thete iiiBwi vu jkicxs requin-d ln-ohsoK-al arrli-aures arrli-aures of exUjiMI-inri Mrenattti and lupiiiulty, tru I tuou aptdUnceB toe .-Tl.tulanU bad not rlh Kener-I n-a of Ul UaUMIItft. Wllii.il can atil! Iib iraofl r:v.ls i iraign of groat ifiUIUjeoer. nceu-' n I- uij nnw usullj called tcnae, i'largerrhaB lv ie Mil li not so hily, altlaottajli irev-iogic-lly or ItietjiK' fonn-lton II Una - couaioimlrf. .n-a of level ground, iptcrl tK iu .t fertile In tfu whole group , J it Irs numer ijipt fine stn-ara n, wdlBstiiter jjoo!, hsrimtx Ttie liihaMtant-3ui-uiruud Uie aiivhif, bavio MipnaUiioua drr.ii 1 tin; luteror JRm! lhT an sa d tn numlier alnu Tuou. Uo)lk Ktanh'. iatead of .LetDK under one Kin& the fcnpleare tUrtded under the rule of live Inde-wi!i Inde-wi!i nt chief: OntbbMa-1 txti simihirruina lolliiwi 1 Ku-aie liul ruueh terser thi tin. !tore-f ono creek, for in stance, there rtiii rrmaiiH a maaai vc wall tliroe hund-id fett lonfraaU thlil -five fct. I Ih It K built of niii 1-Mi'tic ru k in ll form at p;iHis and tau gutevn) oj-iiiiiig on ta tbo creelt tuppoiteU on euor nious la-t-Kic nilainw, l'Hiiii 'Mr ugh (bis gatii.-r Brecourl is reacbed, t i-lwl t.y walk tliirtj foetlu JMKl.), and all around the lnntr Wajn of thlt court there li a r-ihcd tetra.-e, eight feet Itifii nn twelve ft wide. Iu siai Hh court, at squaCK' and lioa eiMeiitiv been suudivMt-d 1 itot'irw (ar( l the low walls run il g north auad south. Iu tut i-ci 'n. of tarh o' tin" dvi:ont tht re is Ijud ciuuuVcr foiirtern f tj-iare, liuiii ( baaalUc cihier 'and roofed over The outer wain are twenlv feet th'-.-k at Hit l.-is ajxl eight feat, at the tp, acd ; -l- u r-v ktuuta u J in rt tiooipoa t.ou a.-e l.iuty-rtefeetlnleu5tli l.iuty-rtefeetlnleu5tli and eight feet In HrcueaTeuce AlU-ty ooureniratrtl inHlbrem of all (ho (. arobue Ulanden of lo-lij-couW Hot tltvi 1 method fot in.vfnj 0 rl-lua nh oijrmoa ruj'Sr, aud all Uit tnaviiinery a' the eomtuBDii of tl e early ptpanWh ieu igators. could net have mauait-d ene of them. So raucit for (be CaroHoee, and now, if we traverse t-nt lew thou tntl uUlea of ot-von to lite very eastern ouUkirts of Poiitaeeia we shall ttml fotuelhlng evtu more myateriotu. It U the lltlfe i-land i-land c-lied F-tster Island, wli'cii l liaruly (en milt long ly four mile l-rond; which boa no trwTrno run ninf; water, aud very little about it tiiUr-ctaeU'tis. It Is of voivnnlc otiglu, and oueof the extinct erater b over 1090 feet lllrll Vol IhU physically uniiiieret-ting slanit, peoiltd ly IVrym atari ol the stir type, sueli aa aie fotimi In iheSeery IUrnU. fat the gnmUat 'iiyaUryof the Pacific. It is cav. red villi l-inatns oftvttte prthfe-itrir prthfe-itrir jicojiie of vhoru every Veeoril but teat pceM rveifiii Mono eeeio to I are vansht ' t the South wes-t ewi of (lib) IHlIe b-!and there are to be fount! (tic rulot of nearly a hundred stone boutes, built in riu!ir lines and -tclus the sea. The uaiiauf tlio houfcaare B'-c feet third and over fivefreahiKb built of Wjtrsof.lat rtMM-u-aeU Jiue4 tlp witlt flat IsbdA. lutexualjy tKrlMi-iHe-fa- I uresbsut forty feet long b thirtten I feet wide, and they are rjfrd over j wllh aiaLr QVtrbippi'2; like tiles Ibe iu ilt jralle are. pal rlted in three j 1 jtos rt-j.jWicfc.j, ;,v;ille WIUi -ftfilirea of buu find mj cio lieasU witd fates arci g-i.Jrical ffgure. I I it one cf Oj" houves was foiinla corloub rinr.e ituf tight feel high I and uiigtiSng afeut four ton.Thlch r tKVrTfir'lrHJi Muaetim. The sea rltrrs xtrarlb-i ancient ' setUeaient tie rarvud into jrroteMiue aliapea ntt unlike lie palatini; en the walla, and the cartl nMrkeil arl'ii In n.Ircd ( f llrcee Mraiige sculplurce. I Again, on each heaJhnU of the island there Is an eoormous -tone ',i,-.ilttrm, iHtlil of hew u Mocks of great rie, fitted together without I cement They arc bujlt on yk- , iuggrounJ, prooiiUn; on the sea-, want side a w-jl 'see twenty .or I tl.irl) fett high ud two or tlrre hundred fett long, ant on the I tacilnard ri.ica wall of about three 1 fret In heU'it ri-ing from a level ' terrace. These plauoruis have evlileuti hati lo do with the religious practices? prac-tices? Uie early aeitlera, whoever t they wart-, for uuon ill of Ihentan. larse ttaoo iiIeUL which bvu ivpt-Mtaid iing-, an i on some of tbem btvkeii images are still lo l-e , Bfl. On one rdatforai tlflcen Ini-sfjes Ini-sfjes were -foui d. In sixe ranging frua Uuee to flirty H-e feet lu bright. They are of human sliopr, ivpreaentlng the uj wr (sit of the 1aJ only, with arms and hint's , tioeo (u lur sides. Tlie lteadt are cut tlat I" allow of crow n being placed on them, which crowns nem to hae been made, not of tht , same material as tbe statue , but of r-d4uBv. Tliit haa been traccil to I an extinct crater within n few miles' of the bouses, and on the brink of this crater a large uumbtr 1 I of crowns vtre found, fl bulled aud 1 rvaly for removal lefore tame atrango faio dcpeojJitl Hie lslsud of these ancient tvor'diliiera Tbe Iningt themsslves am made ' of gray lava, which la only found at I ar-9tliercralt,riullH at Uie other end j of Iba WanJ. At this crater, calletl Otoull, there are several 11 ribbed and p-rtlyJlniuI im-?, Ju.t as they were left ly tbe ucrsmen. Tlie, Head of cue these measuns twenty twen-ty feet from Uie nar of the neck to the crown Tbe fares cf tbe irnaces have well-defined fealurses, wllh thin lips, broad na?s, exfantetl nostrils and a general illsdalnful expression. It Is lIIeved, from the appearance of the eye socket tliat obsidian eyeballs were intended, to boimerteU. The ears are very carefully care-fully carved and are prominent, There are also, In different parts of I tbe iIand, wooden tablets, covered I Willi curious carving, and slrango I Hieroglyphics, which tioone-can ex-I ex-I plain. j It Is remarkable that present native na-tive haw snull wooden, image-carve.! image-carve.! out ora hard, dark wood, but these ic-ign-are lii-J-ou-and -diOit aluttlar from tbcdignifietl tlatuw of the platforms. The preeentinhabllantsarcsimply lattootas savages, w ho are more than aufpeeleu to have a taste for cannibalism. canni-balism. They live in long low bouse iu shB like an upturned canoer with oulj a singlo opening al-uiltwo fcetsnuare, wholly unli.e the massive atone villages we bae deserilied. There nuy hao been wood on tbe Island at ono time, for til. native are well proMeil with clubs BHd sjiearf, and they also uo a Uoulile-beaUfd paddlu which has uobeeao-itrvedelaewhere in the rciCc llut, on tbe other hand, they may have brought these Imple-mehb) Imple-mehb) Willi them for they havo a tra-itloii thatnietr nrcat-great-graniralbers emtgratett from tlie-lalaud tlie-lalaud of IUpaitl, about mllee awa),anJJu-tsoutlioftb8 Austral groui Be UJ as it mav, Ibey call ltJ.ic Ltwat a vie tVVnUl, or Ufentiiarai,!' dl-llnguWli il from whiuhuv s-li their former S,ue. t Oioru, or 1-ipsUi, Captain inellall fotinda (emitr ; caille, in five stag, lajrvoumL-i bj wulli which ic-asasViuufaouse.a-d-uka squue i.fctfjruh of ttoiie on tho liesofvlHs ctllie Jillls. sicillat ta tiio-o on -b(ern ilaud. Tb" tra diuons of tuo uailvi-i vf Ojiro jTbieh-kaaui-! uf tome twenlx cilnsSn tlr u mereuce aji full o. warUkoitrugglcs jihI tlicre is Te-um I j Mippuee tliat these struggles rcre i.lth strangers T. ho nvoy hi vn teen IntreiKiird In thii castle. If thi-H stranjwi -wcrw compelled by the native lo, Hy ioUiatbe.b, after oflHf nK'bttliy vrtw-l certalqlv lutvedrifudtol-uter bUm(. Rht who were these ttr-ugersT Tlie M-ul.4 origin el thela-ier l-Ur-tarithroHSD light if-.- th-stu th-stu houaetiauj klatviK Rial s-tilp-ttKe Thirosent Ulanuert ksow-nothing ksow-nothing alKHit tliee-rrnlr ami .ally have itoaoitof eulilit tkin with ihptu. hiy art the rtiite 1 1 an ancient people Vaitl. Inttiilgeiict far bsyon-Iaui tiling no fuuml iu il ePaillle. "(Ill notions or arehltec-ureand arehltec-ureand sculitture am! paliitlag attr eiwlneenng, and wllh tonic dlatuicl tuo ebl-oralv form of jiagtuhtu W'o were Ibey That is Ibe creal msteo of the I'-rltlt. llul inokiog ilr?t at the rujua In the Caroline cnp,a-d,Uieu 4I those o Ibe small; "rWOotc'ltatteT Jafcuid, ll is jioftlblv to Imagine tliat tlusc Manda weTPtliesaertal andrtsctvtd spotsofsome auetent tlxlll-ed race which eAee orrau a pertloif w the South sea.Tho wltlon ol Jfasttt Ii-UtMl would lei il aupjirl to the supjiojilU- )bat UiU sucitnl clvilmtnu niai hael-td lt-or giu on the nx-riran Co ill I m ut and we knjw that in X'tjaUal America tlitre are 1 vldeticc. ofs elvllixatioii of a vast anthiult j . Tlie ; roblera ot Hm? Pacific still to be solved, lion eer, b. 1k built the fulls of Kuaateaiid Panspe'.llie -loitr L? a apd pletlbrmt of 1-tster lalaud, and who worihled Hum. sphinx-lilt gigantic laHhst--" (Ai--lettt -Uoyntfw, n |
