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nearly on the same level as the cave ; this is wide enough for one per- 

 son to traverse, but in most places too narrow for two abreast. The 

 talus in front is rough and steep but a crooked path with no difficult 

 grades can be made to the water. 



Chambers on each side near the entrance, which are accessible only 

 by means of a ladder, provide excellent living quarters and com- 

 mand approach from any direction, even along the foot of the cliff 

 on either side. 



The entrance, which faces southwest, is a symmetrical arch 75 feet 

 wide and 20 feet high. 



Bedrock shows just in front, covered with loose material washed 

 over the cliff. The floor ascends and the roof descends toward the 

 rear, until at 70 feet they approach within 6 feet of each other; be- 

 yond this the cave is choked with fallen rocks and with earth and 

 gravel probably from a sink hole some distance back on top of the 

 hill. 



Refuse shows about the entrance and for 40 feet toward the rear, 

 where earth from the interior has worked down over it. The sur- 

 face is strewn with rocks, large and small, so that excavations are 

 possible only in small areas. Several holes were dug at intervals 

 between the front and the rear; a considerable amount of ashes was 

 found over the middle portion, thrown from still farther back. Very 

 little was found in them. The rock bottom slopes upward slightly 

 and was covered in some places with clay and gravel, on which lay 

 the ashes and other refuse ; these were nowhere more than 3 feet 

 deep, and usually much thinner. 



The place was so difficult to work in and the returns were so scanty 

 that systematic investigation did not seem warranted, and the work 

 was not extended. The only objects secured were a bone perforator, 

 part of another one, a snail shell, apparently a bead, a very small 

 piece of sandstone used as a grinder or polisher for bones, a frag- 

 ment of worked mussel shell, and nine rough flints. There were 

 also a few small fragments of pottery. 



A man living near the cave reported that a few years ago he was 

 digging in a narrow space between the east wall and a large fallen 

 rock. He came upon the feet of two skeletons and took out the 

 lower leg bones. Being assured by a friend that these were not 

 bones of Indians because they were not " red," and so must be remains 

 of white people, he replaced them and threw the earth back on them. 

 He was certain the spot had never since been disturbed ; but in this 

 he was mistaken, for investigation revealed a pile of human bones 

 lying in confusion, in which the frames of two individuals, as he 

 had said, were mingled; but no trace of the skull or jaw of either. 

 Evidently some one had come afterwards in search of the skulls. 

 The femur of fhe larger individual was just 19 inches long; the other 



