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has avery smooth surface. The great natural archway which covers the 
whole pueblo protects it from wind and rain, and as a consequence, 
save on the front face, there are few signs of naturalerosion. The hand 
of man, however, has dealt rudely with this venerable building, and 
many of the walls, especially of rooms which formerly: stood before the 
central portion, lie prone upon the earth; but so securely were the 
component stones held together by the adobe that even after their fall 
sections of masonry still remain intact. 
There are seven walled inclosures in the main part of Honanki, and 
as each of these was formerly at least two stories high there is sub- 
Fia. 250—Structure of wall of Honanki 
stantial evidence of the former existence of fourteen rooms in this part 
of the ruin. There can be little doubt that there were other rooms 
along the front of the central portion, and the fallen walls show them 
to have been of large size. It would likewise appear that the middle 
part was higher than the two wings, which would increase the number 
of chambers, so that with these additions it may safely be said that this 
part of Honanki alone contained not far from twenty rooms. 
