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the more porous mass above and which, thus becoming wet, pre- 

 sents an unctuous slippery surface favorable to creep. 



On the west side of the tunnel the excavation was carried 

 from near the point where the fragment of the child's jaw was 

 found westward at right angles and was met by an open cut from 



Fig. 11. — View from the westward showing the trench dug by Mr. Fowke from 

 the ravine toward the tunnel with which it connects below. The original tunnel runs 

 from left to right under the two trees seen beyond the end of the cut. The child's jaw 

 was found at the intersection of the cut (extended by tunnel below) with the original 

 tunnel just at the left of the trees. The adult skeleton was found nearly under the 

 second light spot to the right of the two trees. 



the ravine. This open trench (Figs. 1 1 and 12) afforded an admi- 

 rable opportunity to study the constitution and structure of the 

 whole section from the rock floor to the surface through a depth 

 of about twenty feet. The definite clayey band found near the 

 base in the tunnel is here wanting. As noted above, it pinches 



