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The openino; into the ventihitor is sitiuited in the southwestern 

 wall ; its height is 2 feet 4 inches, the breadth, at the base, 14 inches, con- 

 tracted to 11 inches at the top. The deflector, which is broken, is a 

 thin slab of stone. The distance from the flue opening to the deflector 

 is 2 feet 6 inches, and from the deflector to the round fire-hole 8 

 inches. The diameter of the fire-hole is 1 foot 8 inches, its depth 2 

 feet. Its western side is lined with small stones set on edge. 



There were possibly 4 niches in the side wall of the banquette, 3 

 of them on the east, measuring respectively 10 by 20 by 12 inches, 9 

 by by 12 inches, and 3 by 3 by 5 inches, and the remaining one situ- 

 ated north by east from the middle of the kiva and measuring 6 by 4 

 by 8 inches." 



There is a subterranean passageway (pi. 17, &), 6 feet G inches 

 long, from this kiva into room 1, and also a tunnel (pi. 17, a). 6 feet 

 in length, between kivas A and B. The former has stone steps and 

 rises above the banquette; its width averages 18 inches. 



Kiva B adjoins kiva A, and is the second of the terraced rooms, its 

 roof being originally on the same level as the former. It is circular 

 in shape, and the height from the floor to the top of the room is feet 

 6 inches. The height of the top of the pilasters from the floor is 7 

 feet, and that of the banquette 3 feet 6 inches. 



The inner diameter of the kiva is 13 feet G inches. There are C 

 pilasters, averaging 2 feet in width. The position of the ventilator 

 opening is south by west : its depth 4 feet, and height 2 feet 6 inches. 

 The breadth of this opening at the top (it narrows somewhat at the 

 base) is 18 inches. 



The deflector^ is a slab of stone about 3 feet 10 inches wide. The 

 distance from the deflector to the kiva wall is 2 feet inches, and 

 from the deflector to the fire-hole 14 inches. The diameter of the 

 fire-hole measures 2 feet, and its depth 9 inches. The distance from 

 the ceremonial opening, or sipapu, to the fire-hole is 4 feet. The 

 diameter of the sipapu is 4 inches and its depth the same. There are 

 5 niches in the kiva wall. 



The masonry of this kiva is fairly good, its western wall naturally 

 being the most destroyed. The banquette over the tunnel into 

 lava A it; broader than any of the others. On the eastern side the 

 kiva walls are apparently double. 



" The measurements of the kivas here given were determined by Mr. R. G. Fuller, wlio 

 served as voluntary assistant during the summer. 



''With the exception of that in kiva Q there has not l)eon found in any deflector a large 

 Stone (" fire stone") forming the cap or top. In deflectors formed of a slab of stone such 

 a " fire stone " on top would be impossible. 



