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Show IS t l iflE I n , ' Curiosities are often found in vara va-ra ' rious parts of the country, and 1: . some are very interesting. Al- w though we are somewhat in an iso- wj lated region, the vicinity is not I without its interests. Not for from 1 j our office, in a northwesterly direc- y tion, are what used to be one large fh rock, but it has been split in two, Bp either when it rolled from the hill, I or soon after, and has since been h used as a Eecord Kock, for it is . nearlv covered with hieroglyphics. II Those on the upper side of the half Mrm that is lying in an inclined position W H are somewhat defaced by time, yet - IE can be faintly traced from top to mim bottom. These characters repre- W$ sont reptiles, birds, animals, fec. W "Who were tho writers of these m-m strange adumbrations we are un- W) able to pay, but they must convey M4 . some historical moaning. Perhaps W . the natives have done the work, II, but we aie'rit'ure of it.. These , I, - . . . two rocks are not the only ones in this vicinity, that are etched in like manner. In our research we have found others, though not so large, but bearing the hieroglyphic writing. writ-ing. Visitors to rthis part of the country, would, probably, take some interest in viewing these curiosities, cu-riosities, did they know them to exist. |