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(2) On the slope of the southwest end of the mound, in what was 
known during the hotel period as the palm grove. Here we ex- 
cavated a large area. 
(8) Half way down the slope of the southeast side of the mound, 
that is, the side of the mound toward the beach, in the vicinity of 
the central walk which ran from the main entrance of the hotel 
to West Cabrillo Boulevard. It lay straight in front of the hotel 
entrance, the upper end of the excavations being 85 feet from the 
entrance steps. In this occurred rich burial material, disturbed in 
places, the burials extending to the bottom of the sharper slope of 
the mound and beyond. 
(4) At the Charles F. Eaton lot, at the northern corner of Chapala 
Street and West Cabrillo Boulevard. 
Tuer Founpations oF THE ADoBE Housr 
The foundations of the adobe house were completely uncovered. 
The house was built parallel to the beach, its axis running east-north- 
east west-southwest. We discovered the north corner first. The up- 
per surface of the foundation at that point was exactly 2 feet below 
the surface of the lawn and 21.47 feet above mean tide level. The 
earth above the top of the foundation was filled in and was partly 
composed of the battered down walls of the building. 
The foundations had been formed by digging a trench in the 
ground about 3 feet wide and 2 feet deep and this trench was then 
filled in with beach boulders of sizes ranging from a few inches to 
a foot or two in diameter. No cement of any kind was employed. 
The house was 83 feet long by 20 wide, outside measurements. In 
uncovering the foundation we found a few pieces of roof tile and floor 
tile. 
Tue Orv Burton WELL 
The old Burton well was situated some 32 feet beachward from the 
northeast end of the adobe house and was for many years the only 
source of good drinking water in that neighborhood. Its water was 
not sulphurous to the slightest degree and its total depth is said to 
have been some 25 feet. 
It was surmounted in the nineties, and probably earlier as well, by 
a box of 2-inch pine boards which stood about 3 feet from the surface 
of the ground and completely hid the construction of the well from 
view, since a Dayton pump had been placed on top and there was no 
way to look into the well. 
The curbing found in the ground was square and was about a yard 
tall and exactly a yard across each way. Inside of the four corners 
was a vertical post, also of pine. The two bottom planks were 
laid flat all around, but the other planks, forming the sides of the 
