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Ruins Ofaa AheienI and MagaIaseut
city at Tinian bland, GA the NOrtll
Pa6iRci


lI has long been known 70 mcn Of seienee.
/ thai several of the Lalrunc lsanls contained
ruins Of very sHcieHt and splendid eiliss. Ew:
+ ing says, 10 HE geography. that Guam, and ID
the OIheT islands. ''Ihere are extensive ruins.
which show them oucs 10 have been 10 four
ishing eondiIiou." We also learn from the
same source Ihai Ihg Islands we're discovered
10 1871.
Their name implies lhr Idle Of K, .bbrrs,"
Ihe natives showing great disposition TO pilfer!
According ~ Cohen. Ihs inhabianls. until the
arrival Of Ihs SPanisrj', ugaried themselves
as the only men IN the world Before the
Spanish conquest these islands were very POO:
ulous-Guam having 80 GUO nhabiIsn.s, aad
Agagna $40 houses, mostly bull Of cocoa NIT
wood. 10 Tiliau. oranges. lines and c6ebd
nuts abound, with that celebrated snd remark.
able tree which bears the bread Tui.
! Captain Alfred h. Fisher. Of this town, iu:
forms as that when on hiS last ShaIing voyage;
/ IN the ship Amcrl's, pf BsdlpIJ, which was
about eight years ego. he had occasion TO visit
The island OF TInian. 20 land some sick men,
lie remained there soms days. One Of his
men, 10 his walks about the island, came 70 Ihs
entrance Of lhs main street o. large and splen.
Z did city. in ruins. CapIaia Fisher, on being
informed Of the fact. entered The city by tha
prinCiJal street. whlch waS about three miles
in length. The buildings were all Of stone, Of
a dark color and Of tho most splendid descTip:
ton. 10 about the centre of The main street he
found twelve solid stone columns. six on each
side Of the street; they were about uy.6ve OF
hi1y feet 10 height. surmounred by Cap stones Of
immense weight.
( The columns were ten feet 10 diameter ai Ihs
base, and about Ihrue feet at the top. Captain
Fisher thinks the columns would weigh sixty OF
seveuIy IONS, aud lls cap stones abouI lifeeu
tons. One OF the columns mad fallen, and RS
had fine opportunity 10 view It's vast proper
lions and fne Architecture. From the btinci!
pal street a large numb,r Of other streets divesg.
ed. They wC rc all siraiehl, and The buildings
were ol stone. The whole Of the city was en-
ureIy oyergrown NIla cocna nGI uccs, which
were so or 60 feet high. Ia The main street
pieces of common earIhenware we're found
The island has been il possession Of The Span
iards l"r long lime. SIX nr seven Soaniards
resided on Ihe island when Captain Fisher was
there. They informed him that the Spaniards
had had possession abnut so years that they
took the island from the Kanackas. who were.
entirely ignorant ol the builders Of the city and
ol the FORMER IuhtbiHuts. When Questioned as
10 The origin Of The civ, theif only answer was
There must have been powerful race here
long time ago."
Captain +. also saw on the land immense
ledgrs Of stone, from which The buildings and
columns had evidently h-cn erected Some
portions Of them exhibe sgns Of havl0g been
worked Here ia fond Coy Snpcustjon Who
we're the founders of This once magnificent CITY
in the Norlh Pacific, aud what has brcome OF
their descendants 7 Whatever the answer NAV
be, they were evidently race Of ysry supe-
ror Order.- Vineyard Gd=ette.