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“PROBLEM OF THE PACIFIC.” Another effort, this time by an American expedition, it fo be made to solve the mystery of Easter Islapd. When Easter Island was diseovered'by Europeans in 1866 . the inhabitants were unable to explain the origin of the gigantic statues which were then standing, some of them to 70 feet in height, each surmounted by a huge cap of red stone The terraces on which they were standing were constructed of blocks of stone and extended for a distance of 35 miles around the sea front. The most recent hook on Easter Island is by Professor J. Macmillan Brown, of New Zealaud, who spent several months there, but, like the first discoverers, he found that the inhabitants knew nothing of the origin of the statues.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 March 1930, Page 4
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132THOUGHTS FOR THE TIMES Hokitika Guardian, 18 March 1930, Page 4
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