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rear of the cave varies with the rainfall; sometimes it almost dis- 

 appears, again it may be fully 2 feet deep ; but at all times the earth 

 and ashes near it are saturated above its lowest level. Consequently, 

 on account of the mud, excavations could not be carried fully to the 

 end in either direction. As scarcely anything was found in the last 

 few feet, this omission was not important. 



The entire distance worked over, from the front margin to the 

 line where no further advance could be made, at 14 feet from the 

 water, was 91 feet. No spot that could be reached throughout this 

 length was left undug. 



The small openings in the west wall presented no features worthy 

 of special mention ; but those in the east wall yielded interesting 

 results. 



First of these was a small cave 39 feet from the main entrance. 

 At the front its width was 11 feet; 6 feet within it narrowed to 4 

 feet. A hole on the north side ended at a crevice that led to a cham- 

 ber higher up, from which, in turn, another crevice extended. All 

 this space, even beyond the point to which a man could worm his 

 way, Avas filled with fine earth and ashes containing much refuse. 

 Worked objects were found at the greatest distance which could be 

 reached. 



A few feet within the entrance this minor cave divided into three 

 parts. A crevice trending northward is too small to follow. The 

 two others extend in a general easterly direction. The central 

 branch, the left of the two, also closes within a few feet. Neither 

 of these contained anything but natural earth. In the one to the 

 right, 7 feet from the entrance, was a pocket on the south side, 18 

 inches wide, 30 inches high, and 4 feet deep ; it was filled with ashes 

 containing bone and shell, but no worked object except a flake 

 scraper. At intervals, within the next few feet, were two mortars, a 

 much used pestle, some bone awls, and flints, all of them in places 

 where it was scarcely possible for a man to sit erect, as the tunnel- 

 like cavity, circumscribed by solid rock, was nowhere as mych as 4 

 feet in diameter. At its narrowest part it measured only 3 feet high 

 and 18 inches wide. 



At 20 feet the cave opens into a well-like enlargement, 5 by 6 

 feet, and 5 feet high. Bone and shell in small amounts were found 

 here, and among them the skiver shown at d in plate 36. 



From this well-like cavity three branches start ; one continuing in 

 a direct line east, one to the north, and one to the south. The 

 east (middle) branch is only 24 inches high and 17 inches wide, with 

 solid rock all around. It contained ashes, with a little refuse, as far 

 as a man could reach. 



The branch to the north is entered through an opening 3 feet high 

 and 31 inches wide in a thin wall of the original rock, just within 



