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i n l o c al his t or y - w h i c tr i s c o mp o s e do f tw e l v e trunei ght i nches w i de. A s the pyrami ds are put t oget her cated pyranrids four or fir'e feet n'ide at the base and i n the same vi ' a)' ,i t may be concl uded that the y wer e fi fte en f eet high, t h e i r -s q u a re dto p s me a s u ri n g about bui l t on the spot. W i thout other foundation t han two f eet t o a s ide. On th e m re s t h e m i s o h e re sfrom raw beachsand, three have al ready fal l en, vi ct im s of si x to s ev en f eet in d i a m e te r. earthquake or storm, Thes e pillar s , cro rv n e d rv i th th e i r h e m i s p heri cal In the i nteri or of Ti ni an I have seen other pyr a. ca p s ar . r d s t andin g i n trv o fi i e s , d i s ta n t fro m each mi ds fi ve and si x feet tal l , l arger than any I have o th er about f our v a ra s fro m c e n te r to c e n te r, consti di scovered i n Guam, from w hi ch one mi ght assum e tu te a m onum ent r v o rth y o f s p e c i a la tte n ti o n , not so that the i nhabi tants of Ti ni an used to be super ior t o mu ch f or it s s iz e a s b e c a u s ei t re s e rn b l e sn o th i ng to the nati ves of Guam. I have someti mesw onder ed if b e seen els er , v here o u ts i d eo f th e \Ia ri a n a s ; mo reover, tl i i s nri ght not i ndi cate a Japanesemi grati on from t he i t i s not unique, b u t re p re s e n tsa ty p e re p e a tedover north, and that possi bl y Ti ni an w as the fi rs t place a n d ov er again in t h e o th e r i s l a n d s o f th e g rc u p. If col oni zed. we k ner v m or e ab o u t th e s e " l a tte " rv e mi g h t deterN ear the house of Taga, a rectangul ar w el l, f aced rn i n e t he t r ue or igi n o f th e s e n a ti v e s o f w h o m i t rnay w i th mamposteri a, and contai ni ng a fl i ght of st eps be confidently assertedthat they are not the descenddow n to the w ater, i s al so attri buted to the ancient a [ts of pr im it iv e s a v a g e s . T h i s i s p ro v e d n o t onl ,r' i nhabi tants, but I am not certai n that these wor ks b y the labor and s k i l l re q u i re d to d re s s th e stones hzrvenot been constructed cr possi bl y modi f,ed lat er b u t als o by t heir un v a ry i n g p y ra mi d a l a n d h e n ri spherbecausethe common w el l s of A gana now i n u se pr ei ca l char ac t er . I t s e e m ss tra n g e th a t th e h i s t ory of sâ&#x201A;Źnt a si mi l ar appearance, th e f ir s t m is s ionar i e sm a k e s n o m e n ti o n o f thenr, si n ce one n' ould t h i n k s u c h p i l l a r.sc o n l d n o t fai l to There i s sai Cto be near S agua,i n the north er n end a ttrac t at t ent ion w h e n d i s c o v ere d a mo n g th e thatchof the i sl and, another sti l l more remarkabl e old well e<l hr-rtsof naked Indians. i n w hi ch one descendsto the w ater by n:eans of a l radit ion has it th a t T a g a b rrri e d h i s d a u g h ter on spi ral ramp. U nfortunatel y I am unabl e to descr ibe to p o f one of t he pi l l a rs a n d c o v e re d h e r c o rp s e w i th thi s i n greater detai l becauseI know of i t o nly b1' ri ce f lour ; r v hen I v i s i te d th i s mo n u me n t i n 1g55, wi shing t o c onf ir ni th e s to ry h a n d e d d o w n b y .i r.orc1 hearsay. o f mout h, I had a l a d d e r b ro u g h t a n d c l i u rb e d to the S ummary.-Frorn rhe foregoi ng descri pti o n, it is to p of t he pillar m e u ti o n e d i n th e s to rv a n d a ci ual l v evi cl ent that the i sl and of Ti ni an, i f repop ulat ed, fo u n d a c av it y f ull o f e a rth a n c l o v e rg ro u -n r,vi ti r sh ru bs whos e t r un k s w e re tl o a n c l th re e i nches w oul d contri bute i ts due share to the i mportance of th i ck. A f t er it had b e e n c l e a n e d o u t b y n rv o rders. I the tr{ ari anasw hi ch, i f they are to beco.mea pr ovince fo u n d a piec e of a h u ma n l o w e t j a rv a n c l -tn ,osmal l w orth consi derati on,must count upon an i ncreasein b o n e s , ev ident ly f in g e r p h a l a n g e s . T h e g ra l e cavi ty the number of thei r i nhabi tants, and, i f the Gover ni n th e t op of t he he m i s p h e reme a s u râ&#x201A;Ź da b o u t fi t .e feel . ment desi res to make of the Mari anas w ha t t hey l o n g by one and a h a i f fe e t w i d e a n d d e e o . th e corbe, most certai nl l ' the i sl and of Ti ni an, by shorrl d n e rs being r oun. ded vi rtue of i ts posi ti cn cl ose to S ai pan, i ts si ze ancl it s Thes e m onum en ts l o o k a s i f th e l ' rv e re n i o u ol i ti rs b u t a s it s eem edun l i k e l l ' to n te th a t s a v a g e sw oul d natural resourc(s, sl i c;ul d be col oni zed as s oon as kn o w how t o r ais e s u c h g re a t h e m i s p h e re shi gh oracti cabl e. e n o u gh t o s wing t h e m i n to p o s i ti o n , I e x a m i n eclone o f th e t hr ee whic h h a v e fa l l e n . 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