Petroglyphs of Grenada and a recently discovered petroglyph in StVincent . t at the pleasure of the natives. He alsodiscovered some recently cut figures, in fulldancing dress, on a hard clay bank. In the Georgetown Museum in BritishGuiana there is a set of dance-sticks, theheads of which are carved with figures rep-resenting certain animals, such as the arma-dillo, birds, and fishes. These were carriedby the dancer, and as the sticks are lengthsof the trumpet tree, they are blown at inter-vals. Some of the figures are like those onthe Timehri rocks, and seem to substantiatethe opinion of Dr Ko
Petroglyphs of Grenada and a recently discovered petroglyph in StVincent . t at the pleasure of the natives. He alsodiscovered some recently cut figures, in fulldancing dress, on a hard clay bank. In the Georgetown Museum in BritishGuiana there is a set of dance-sticks, theheads of which are carved with figures rep-resenting certain animals, such as the arma-dillo, birds, and fishes. These were carriedby the dancer, and as the sticks are lengthsof the trumpet tree, they are blown at inter-vals. Some of the figures are like those onthe Timehri rocks, and seem to substantiatethe opinion of Dr Koch in respect to thesupposition that the petroglyphs markeddance centers; but while it is possible thatsome of them indicate places of this kind,it cannot be that all of them, so far as theseislands are concerned, were used for thesame purpose. The one represented by is situated close to the sea, beneath theshadow of a towering cliff, and is some dis-tance from any place which could be usedfor dancing purposes. The work of Mr T. Penard suggests very I INDIAN NOTES. OPINIONS 153 deep things, and is important as settingforth the present position of the SouthAmerican Indian in relation to this the time of his death, Mr Penard waspreparing an important work which prob-ably would have thrown light on the ques-tion now being discussed. In his opinionevery figure is connected with some ideaknown only to the initiates, the piai men,who are the custodians of the myths andtraditions, and who keep these certain circumstances he was able todelve into their hidden ideas, but unfor-tunately he died before completing his work. Dealing with the engraved work of Brit-ish Guiana, Im Thurn^ says, As to theintention of the figures, that they had someseems certain. Dr Dalton,^ writing about the BritishGuiana examples, says, I have copiedmany of them, and although they do notdenote any advanced state of civilization,in my opinion, they have a higher originand significan
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