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XXVII INDIAN ROCK-PICTURES 481
A few miles from the upper mouth of the Casi-
quiari a stream called Calipo
enters it where there
is some picture-writing that was covered with water
when I ; passed up but when I returned (on January
6, 1854) the Casiquiari had lowered 2 feet, and
at the mouth of the Cano Calipo a good
figures
many
were laid bare, all of which I copied. The
figures on Fig. 19 have the same relative positions
and distances as on the rock, and apparently
Fir,. 19. GROUP OF PICTURES ON RIGHT BANK OF THE CASIQUIARI,
A LITTLE ABOVE THE CANO DE CALITO.
represent a family group, whereof assured me that H symbolised a
my interpreter
chief, and that
the figures on the right were his three wives
and a child, the principal wife being distinguished
by the plume worn on her head. The curious
be meant for the
figures on the left may perhaps
prehensile-tailed Iguanas, which being very good
food would be of especial interest.
The other group (Fig. 20) repeats the symbol
of a chief (at H H), with some four-footed animal,
perhaps a dog, on the left. The rest are probably
household goods of some kind.
Picture-writing is frequent throughout the granite
district of the Casiquiari, but I have nowhere seen
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