. Timehri. specimens, at Akawabi, Ho Sororo and elsewhere. In the mound at Akawabi near the surface I found the brokenFemur of a large mammal or human being now in the museum and atAkawabi one of the two pot heads which Mr. Justice Hewick the exception of the one in the British Museum which is alsofrom the Wauno district, 1 believe, these are the most beautiful yetfound. The most common form, the Billikin shown in most of thephotos in the 1918 Timehri, Mr. Rod way and I easily identified as theGod of Fecundity or Plenty from the physiological details of the veryfine specimen in the So
. Timehri. specimens, at Akawabi, Ho Sororo and elsewhere. In the mound at Akawabi near the surface I found the brokenFemur of a large mammal or human being now in the museum and atAkawabi one of the two pot heads which Mr. Justice Hewick the exception of the one in the British Museum which is alsofrom the Wauno district, 1 believe, these are the most beautiful yetfound. The most common form, the Billikin shown in most of thephotos in the 1918 Timehri, Mr. Rod way and I easily identified as theGod of Fecundity or Plenty from the physiological details of the veryfine specimen in the Societys museum. But the most glorious specimem of all is lost. At one of my last visits to Akawabi they brought me a vase, the likeof which one can dream about but seldom see ; except for a small portionof the rims and one handle it was perfect and all or nearly all the pieceswere there. The Great God of Plenty whose image formed the two handles wasmost beautifully finished and larger than usual. 208 This Vase was about 10 the mouth and nearlytwo feet high. I am speak-ing from memory and eyejudgment only. For a fewminutes I feasted my eyesupon it and then with drybanana leaves the Indianspacked it up in a large quakemade of split bush rope andI saw it no more. Thequake unopened I brought toGeorgetown safely, and afterarranging with Dr. Walton torepair the broken parts Ireturned to the late lamented33, Brickdam. Meeting thehouseboy I gave him theQuake and told him to take it to Dr. Walton and hurried off to the steamer. On myreturn to town I found the Doctor had never received the vase,that when I met the boy he had that moment been discharged, that hehad since left the city and that the vase was lost to me forever. With the exception of the vase, Judge Hewicks pot heads and theBritish Museum one, the Museum has all my best finds. My conclus:ons exactly agree with Mr. VerriUs. The pots antedateour existing Indians and are the remains of the inhabitants o
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