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Show THE "WRITING ROCK." ' A Curloua Rttinr, Muppoaeil tn llnvn Heart Wrlttmi ou llefara Columbua' lllrlli. A STOItV 1VIIITTKH OS 8T0.NB. On tho Taunton Itlvcr, near DIghton, Mass., there Is a curious rock which for antlquariaus possesses great Interest. Tho "Writing Itock" (so It is called) is of granite, about eleven feet long and flvo fcot high, and Its smooth surface Is covered with many strange hieroglyphics which havo never been satisfactorily deciphered. It Is claimed, however, that they were placed thero some 600 years before the birth of Columbus. At high tide tho rock Is covered with water. It is proposed to removo It ito some museum. JV. J". Mail and Jiiprus, |
