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The cave contained beautiful stalactites and sta- 

 lagmites, caused by the dripping of the water from 

 the roof, while on the floor were heaps of shells, 

 bones, pieces of pottery, stone implements, and other 

 relics such as are found where Indians have lived. 

 There were carvings on the walls, however, and 

 terra cotta images on the floor, which indicated re- 

 lationship with the ancient Mexican tribes rather 

 than with those in the eastern United States. 



It seemed wonderful to Henrv and William to be 

 standing in the home of a vanished race, looking at 

 their handiwork on the walls, judging from the re- 

 mains what they had eaten for dinner, and even 

 gazing at their bones. The place proved so inter- 

 esting that they decided to begin a museum of arch- 

 aeology and to collect all the Indian relics they 

 could. Henry even made rough sketches of some 

 of the drawings in his note-book. 



"Why not let this be the archaeological museum?" 

 said William. "Then we wouldn't have to carry 

 all these things home. Besides, it might injure 

 them. Whatever else we find, we can bring here." 



Henry readily agreed to this proposition and the 

 boys went home as fast as they could to tell Edna 

 about it. It was not many days before the whole 

 family came on a visit to the new museum. The 



