Drawing of picture-writing figures, by Richard Spruce Nine figures of picture-writing, found in the Iauarate-cachoeira, on the Rio Uaupes, [Brazil]. The figures seem to Spruce to represent various types of tree. The top two figures indicate a buttressed stem or aerial roots. The right hand figure below these is a tree with flowers or fruits on the terminal branches. The lowest middle figure is probably the very rudest symbol of a human form; while the remainder seem to Spruce merely fanciful geometrical patterns. nd [c 1853-1854]