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in adobe mortar and traces of their use v.'ere frequently observed, it 

 was impossible to measure or collect specimens of these unfired bricks 

 because of their disintegrated state. 



The stone masonry of the footings here was apparently identical 

 with that previously described for other building sites. Somewhat 

 greater care had, however, been given to the appearance of this ma- 

 sonry than in the case of the other buildings, some of the work having 

 been carefully fitted and mortared (pi. 44, h). The remains of a 

 "false footing" of stone were found at the site of the rear wing of 

 the building, on a projection northward from, the west footing of the 

 main part of the building (fig. 20; pi. 45, a). The building, as com- 

 pleted, had been provided with a wing, extending to the rear (west) 

 from the north half of the whole, which had served as a kitchen (figs. 

 15, 20; pi. 44, h). At the position of the false footing, a complete 

 footing had once been constructed, or partially completed. It seems 

 probable that it had originally been intended that the whole building 

 be symmetrical, and that after a part of the footing in this position 

 had been finished the plans had been changed, perhaps by de Tro- 

 briand himself, by extending the building lines to provide a kitchen 

 wing. Work on the footing may have been stopped, and the remnants 

 of the masonry here consisted of but a few smaller rocks and spalls. 

 This was the only trace found of a footing for any partition within the 

 building, aside from that at the midline. 



At three points along the course of the exterior footing of the 

 building were openings through the masonry, two along the east 

 (front) line, one along the north; none was found elsewhere (fig. 20). 

 These openings were furnished with wooden frames of 2-inch plank, 

 and the openings were apparently ventilators, to allow circulation 

 beneath the original floors. The frame in the opening of the north 

 footing was much decayed. Those along the front were in a somewhat 

 better state of preservation, and may have been better protected by the 

 porch that had originally extended across the front of the quarters. 

 The ventilators were not uniform in dimensions, but varied with the 

 elevation of the original ground surface adjacent. The frame in the 

 north footing still carried the original building sill above it, though 

 both were much decayed. 



Within the south half of the site of the Commanding Officer's 

 Quarters, all evidence of details of original construction had been 

 removed during the construction of the recent cellar. Somewhat 

 more was found in the north half of the site, and details found there 

 had doubtless been repeated in the south half. Midway between the 

 front wall footing and the false footing mentioned were the remnants 

 of a fireplace and chimney base (fig. 20; pi. 45, a). This was a stone 

 masonry footing, sim.ilar in construction to the footings of the build- 

 ing proper, but partly damaged or reduced in size during the con- 



