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extends along the northwest face. Here are emplacements for some 

 six or eight cannon (pi. 4, fig. i), protected by low walls about 5 

 feet thick of closely cemented slabs of limestone, brick, and coral. 

 The cannon themselves had all disappeared. About 50 yards south- 

 east of the main battery is a stone structure of massive masonry, 

 locally known as " the powder magazine ". It is a little distance from 

 the shore and consists of a heavy wall facing the sea and two short 

 end walls, with a separate and less massive rear wall that is un- 

 attached. The structure is some 8 feet high and the front wall is 

 pierced by several loop holes. These have a single aperture on the 

 inside and a double aperture on the outside so arranged that they can- 



FiG. 9. — Floor plan of " buccaneer " cave, Port Royal harbor. 



not be penetrated by direct fire. The inner sides of the stone walls have 

 neat socket holes about a foot oiT the ground, probably for the inser- 

 tion of floor beams. Near to this structure we noted several very 

 large holes that had been dug in recent years, perhaps by treasure 

 hunters. Captain Boynton pointed out one of these which he had 

 seen soon after it was dug some years ago. A heavy, square object 

 had evidently been removed from the hole and, at that time, the 

 barked logs used as a skidway to roll the object to the beach were 

 still in evidence. We saw nothing more romantic, however, than a 

 few bits of iron and some old fireplaces near the battery, unless the 

 omnipresent broken bottles on the beach be so considered. From its 

 exposed position I rather doubt that the main structure here was the 

 magazine ; more probably it was the central " keep ", fire-control or 

 lookout station. 



