is no shadow of doubt that this is a genuine petrifaction. I would
take my oath of it. Dr. Boynton writes a long rigmarole to show
that he is a statue made by the Jesuits; but in my opinion the
Dr. is just laying low so that he can buy the curiosity and make
his pile on him. Why, you can see the very cords in his legs,
where the flesh has decayed off; and the matter running out of
his right eye has turned to stone. Would the Jesuits have been
likely to carve cords and tears? The idea is too absurd to be
thought of. This is my report, and I don't care what anybody
else says. RICHARD.

HARRY'S REPORT.

Whether the colossal figure be a petrifaction or a piece of
statuary, it is a mystery and a success. Who carved it?. When
was it made? Whom does it represent? What is its lesson?
Why was it hidden? How happens it that tradition is silent
about it? These are puzzling questions, which at present are
solved only by conjecture.

Let no one imagine that he has an adequate conception of this wonder
till he has seen it, with his own eyes. Description seems to be
no aid whatever; ocular inspection is positively necessary.

He who fails to see the curiosity in its present locality and
position, will have reason to regret this neglect or misfortune
all his life time.

I was not permitted to make a careful and thorough examination.