72  SMITHSONIAN    MISCELLANEOUS    COLLECTIONS  VOL.    96 
from  a  height  of  about  6  feet  at  the  point  of  junction  with  the  ante- 
chamber to  4  feet  at  the  SE.  end  where  it  entered  the  house.  Above 
the  original  level  of  the  roof,  except  at  the  extreme  NW.  end,  was 
a  layer  of  soil  30  to  50  inches  thick.  The  floor  of  the  entrance  passage 
was  about  16  inches  lower  than  the  floor  of  the  inner  room. 
The  dimensions  of  the  house  or  inner  room  were  18  feet  6  inches 
NW.-SE.  and  21  feet  2  inches  NE.-SW,  Unfortunately  we  were 
unable  to  obtain  any  evidence  as  to  the  nature  of  the  roof  which 
covered  the  inner  room.  Timbers  and  whale  bones  were  found  in 
the  debris  overlying  the  floor  but  in  such  disorder  that  it  was  im- 
possible to  say  whether  or  not  they  had  formed  part  of  the  roof. 
The  same  was  true  of  the  upper  part  of  the  walls,  although  enough 
remained  to  show  that  at  least  the  lower  part  had  been  formed  of 
horizontal  timbers  laid  one  above  the  other,  as  in  the  case  of  house 
no.  2  at  the  Hillside  site.  The  largest  number  of  superimposed  logs 
was  four,  at  the  north  corner  to  the  right  of  the  entrance  (see  pi.  8, 
fig-  3)-  Five  feet  beyond  the  north  corner  was  the  remnant  of  an 
upright  timber  (in  front  of  man  standing,  pi.  8,  fig.  3),  from  which 
two  horizontal  timbers  extended  to  the  entrance,  but  it  was  not  clear 
whether  the  small  rectangular  space  thus  formed  had  any  real  con- 
nection with  the  house.  Of  the  NW.  wall  four  logs  remained,  two 
to  the  left  and  two  to  the  right  of  the  entrance.  At  the  west  corner 
back  of  the  two  wall  timbers,  was  the  broken  ofl:  section  of  a  large 
upright  wall  support.  Along  the  NE.  side  only  scattered  remnants 
of  horizontal  wall  timbers  were  found,  extending  to  a  large  upright 
timber,  a  corner  roof  support,  at  the  east  corner.  The  opposite,  or 
SW.  wall,  was  likewise  much  demolished,  although  enough  single  logs 
remained  to  show  the  outline.  Across  the  south  corner  were  two 
logs  laid  end  to  end,  the  purpose  of  which  was  not  clear.  Within  the 
triangle  thus  formed  were  two  small  parallel  logs,  30  inches  apart, 
just  below  the  floor  level.  Stuck  into  the  ground  along  both  sides  of 
these  two  logs  were  a  dozen  or  more  small  wooden  stakes,  no  doubt 
for  the  purpose  of  holding  in  place  additional  logs  which  originally 
lay  above  them.  These  parallel  logs  might  be  interpreted  as  the  rem- 
nants of  an  entrance  to  an  earlier  house  which  may  have  occupied 
the  space  back  of  (to  the  SE,  of)  house  no.  3.  In  this  area,  which 
was  included  in  cut  9  a,  we  found  a  confused  mass  of  fallen  timbers, 
stones,  and  bones  which  seemed  to  be  the  remains  of  a  house  or  struc- 
ture, the  nature  of  which  we  were  unable  to  determine.  The  remains 
of  the  rear  or  SE.  wall  of  house  no.  3  were  somewhat  better  preserved 
than  those  of  the  two  side  walls  (pi.  8,  fig.  2,  in  front  of  the  man 
at  left).    Beginning  at  the  east  corner  the  wall  remnant  consisted 
