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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  one 
  line, 
  and 
  then 
  turn 
  the 
  block 
  end 
  for 
  end, 
  and 
  commence 
  the 
  

   next 
  line 
  at 
  the 
  left, 
  etc. 
  — 
  thus 
  : 
  

  

  CALIFORNIA 
  

  

  AwaavoY 
  

  

  OF 
  SCIENCES. 
  

   He 
  said 
  that 
  he 
  would 
  write 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Croft 
  and 
  the 
  Bishop 
  to 
  obtain 
  

   photographs 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  blocks, 
  and 
  endeavor 
  to 
  get 
  one 
  for 
  the 
  

   Academy 
  ; 
  and 
  also 
  reminded 
  the 
  Academy 
  of 
  former 
  communica- 
  

   tions 
  from 
  Easter 
  Island 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  the 
  large 
  statues, 
  causeways, 
  

   and 
  other 
  signs 
  of 
  a 
  prehistoric 
  civilization 
  on 
  this 
  small 
  island 
  in 
  the 
  

   South 
  Pacific, 
  and 
  quoted 
  extracts 
  from 
  Jacob 
  Roggewein's 
  voyage 
  

   there 
  in 
  1721, 
  where 
  the 
  statues 
  are 
  referred 
  to, 
  the 
  large 
  stature 
  

   of 
  the 
  people, 
  and 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  white 
  men 
  as 
  priests 
  among 
  

   them. 
  He 
  hoped 
  that 
  some 
  of 
  our 
  citizens 
  would 
  furnish 
  funds 
  to 
  

   have 
  a 
  thorough 
  examination 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  prehistoric 
  remains 
  upon 
  

   this 
  island. 
  

  

  On 
  Further 
  Examinations 
  of 
  the 
  Amaknak 
  Cave, 
  Captain's 
  

   Bay, 
  Unalashka. 
  

  

  BY 
  W. 
  H. 
  DALL, 
  U. 
  S. 
  COAST 
  SURVEY. 
  

  

  I 
  brought 
  before 
  the 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  Academy, 
  last 
  winter, 
  some 
  facts 
  in 
  rela- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  the 
  exploration 
  of 
  a 
  cave 
  containing 
  prehistoric 
  remains, 
  situated 
  on 
  

   Amaknak 
  Island, 
  in 
  Captain's 
  Bay, 
  Unalashka, 
  Aleutian 
  Islands. 
  

  

  Further 
  examina- 
  

   tions 
  this 
  year 
  have 
  '^- 
  

   developed 
  still 
  more 
  

   interesting 
  results. 
  

   The 
  removal 
  of 
  a 
  bed 
  

   of 
  18 
  or 
  20 
  inches 
  

   of 
  mould, 
  chiefly 
  de- 
  

   cayed 
  organic 
  mat- 
  

   ter, 
  which 
  contained 
  

   the 
  human 
  remains 
  

   and 
  implements 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  in 
  my 
  pre- 
  

   vious 
  paper, 
  revealed 
  

   a 
  bed 
  of 
  shingle 
  simi- 
  

   lar 
  to 
  the 
  beach 
  shin- 
  

   gle 
  of 
  the 
  adjacent 
  

   shore, 
  and 
  which 
  we 
  

   then 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  

   the 
  natural 
  bottom 
  

   of 
  the 
  cave. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  1.— 
  Reduced 
  chart 
  of 
  the 
  locality 
  of 
  the 
  cave, 
  showing 
  the 
  

   low 
  isthmus 
  between 
  the 
  higher 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  north 
  and 
  

   south. 
  

  

  