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down were discovered. But in the large main hall of this cave 

 one notices along the walls a whitish deposit for about 3^-2 feet 

 above the ground and forming a straight horizontal line running 

 along the walls, as seen in Fig. 14. This indicates the former 

 presence of water in this cave. Probably with the general dis- 



FIG. 14. Boyett's Cave. 



appearance of the water from the Purgatory Creek valley and its 

 fall to deeper levels, flowing water has disappeared from the cave. 

 There are, however, a number of small shallow pools (several 

 inches deep) formed from dripping water in the sandy bottom 



