Strange Carvings

On Rocks in Fiji

THESE glyphs are an exact reproduction of rock carvings found behind Dakuniba, Yanua Levu, Fiji, and they have been sent to us by Mr. Arthur

Robinson. They are of particular interest at the moment because they are the same carvings which the Fahnestock Expedition photographed in 1940. (The death of Lieutenant Bruce Fahnestock, while on service in New Guinea, is reported else where in this issue.) They were later described in America as being almost identical with designs engraved on stones found in India.

These carvings, some of which are five feet long and two inches deep, were dis covered by Mr. Robinson in 1933, amd shown to the first Fahnestock expedition in 1936. They are mentioned in the book, “Stars to Windward,” which was written about that voyage, but, although they were assumed to be pre-Fijian, they were not actually identified until after the second Fahnestock expedition in “Director II” in 1940.

M. Edouard Pouillet has been appointed Commander of the Home Guard in Vila, New Hebrides, and M. Jean Lods is deputy-commander.