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probably designed for use as a storage room or granary. The con- 
figuration of the cliff, which forms the major part of the inclosing wall 
of this chamber, imparts tc it an irregular or roughly triangular form. 
The entire central portion of the ruin is very much broken down, and 
the floor is strewn to a considerable depth with the débris of fallen 
walls. On both sides there are nicely aligned, smoothly finished walls, 
with traces of beams on the level of former floors. Some of these 
bounding walls are curved; others are straight, and in places they rise 
20 feet. Marks of fire are visible everywhere; most of the beams have 
been wrenched from their places, as a result of which the walls have 
been much mutilated, badly cracked, or thrown down. 
There are no pictographs near this ruin, and no signs of former visits 
by white men. 
Midway between Honanki and the second Palatki ruin a small ancient 
house of the same character as the latter was discovered. This ruin is 
very much exposed, and therefore the walls are considerably worn, 
but six well-marked inclosures, indicative of former rooms, were readily 
made out. No overarching rock shielded this ruin from the elements, 
and rubble from fallen walls covers the talus upon which it stands. 
The adobe mortar between the stones is much worn, and no fragment 
of plastering is traceable within or without. This evidence of the 
great weathering of the walls of the ruin is not considered indicative 
of greater age than the better preserved ruins in the neighborhood, 
but rather of exposure to the action of the elements. Not only are 
the walls in a very poor condition, but also the floors show, from the 
absence of dry soil upon them, that the whole ruin has suffered greatly 
from the same denudation. There are no fragments of pottery about 
it, and small objects indicating former habitation are also wanting. A 
cedar had taken root where the floor once was, and its present great 
size shows considerable age. If any pictographs formerly existed in 
the adjacent cliff they have disappeared. There is likewise no evi- 
dence that the Apache had ever sought it for shelter, or if they had, 
their occupancy occurred so long ago that time has effaced all evidence 
of their presence. 
HONANKI 
The largest ruin visited in the Red-rock country was called, follow- 
ing Hopi etymology, Honanki; but the nomenclature was adopted not 
because it was so called by the Hopi, but following the rule elsewhere 
suggested. 
This ruin lies under a lofty buttress of rock westward from Lloyd’s 
canyon, which presented the only available camping place in its neigh- 
borhood. At the time of my visit there was but scanty water in the 
canyon and that not potable except for stock. We carried with us all 
the water we used, and when this was exhausted were obliged to 
retrace our steps to Oak creek. There are groves of trees in the canyon 
