The early Jesuit visitors to this vicinity may have had this
statue in their keeping. It may have been fashioned by some of
their number. It is not impossible, that it may have been brought
here, or even have been carved out at some place not far distant,
by other of the early visitors to this region. We expect that
light will be thrown upon these speculations, by the scientific
investigations, which will determine the exact nature of the
material of which the statue is composed, by which alone some hint
of its place of origin may be derived. The intimations given us
by Professor Hall, in our brief interview with him, impressed us
that he looked upon the statue as of great antiquity, antedating
the present geologic period, and equaling in interest and importance
the discoveries made in Mexico of archaeological remains, indicating
a high degree of civilization in the tenth, eleventh and twelfth
centuries.


WHEN WAS THE STATUE PUT WHERE IT WAS FOUND?

To the Editor of the Syracuse Journal:--
If it would not be asking too much, I would beg leave to say a
few words through the columns of your paper. In Saturday's issue
of the Standard I notice a letter written by "Skeptic," which
that paper calls "silly," and charges the writer with being
"lacking in the upper story." This is a misfortune, truly; but
I have taken some trouble to investigate these reports and find
them vouched for by highly respectable parties. There are, to my
mind, several reasons for the belief that this wonder has not
occupied its present position longer than is intimated in the