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SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I917 



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work to be done under the supervision of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion. In March, 1917, Mr. Neil M. Judd, of the United States 



Fig. 76. — The main group of dwellings at Betatakin as they appeared late 

 in March. Mountain oak five inches in diameter grew on the debris in the 

 middle portion of the cave. 



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Fig. yy. — Approximately the same view, after the work of excavation and 

 repair. The long wall in the upper cave may be seen on the ledge above the 

 walls in the middle of the picture. 



National Museum, was detailed for this undertaking. He left im- 

 mediately for FlagstalT, Arizona, engaged a small force of . white 



