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sloping floor, is a second log (boxelder) and a foot higher, the 

 charred ends of two pairs of northwest-southeast beams. A fifth 

 beam, its ends only slightly embedded, rested close against the north- 

 east wall. On this same side are recesses for, or the broken ends of, 

 seven cross poles ; three pole ends appear in the north 4 feet 3 inches 

 (1.3 m.) of the southwest wall, the remaining 5 feet (1.5 m.) of which 

 is of wattle. Extending along the base of this wattled section is a 

 masonry bench 15 inches (0.38 m.) wide by 3 feet 4 inches (1.01 m.) 

 long. An upright slab, 2 feet (0.60 m.) wide by 2 feet 8 inches 

 (0.81 m.) high, adjoins the southeast corner of this bench as a screen 

 for an ovoid fireplace. The latter measures 18 by 17 inches by 7 

 inches deep (0.45 by 0.43 by 0.17 m.) ; although pecked from solid 

 rock, it is lined on the southeast and southwest by slabs. To further 

 shelter this fireplace, a second upright slab, 12 inches wide by 2 feet 

 high, extends eastwardly from the bench corner and the first screen. 

 The bases of both these deflectors are supported by embedded slab 

 fragments. In the west end of the south wall and at the floor level 

 is an air vent, 8 inches (0.20 m.) wide by 12 inches (0.30 m.) high. 

 The southeast masonry continues 2 feet beyond the abutting wattled 

 wall. In the west corner narrow shelves on the northwest and south- 

 west sides were capped with slabs. Only one wall peg is evident, on 

 the southeast. 



The second-story northeast wall apparently was added after com- 

 pletion of the lower room, for its basic stones are larger than the 

 others. Although still in excellent condition, this upper wall shows 

 no seatings for ceiling beams or cross poles ; an unusual feature of it 

 is the stepped construction at its south end, the " step " being 14 inches 

 (0.35 m.) deep by about 30 inches (0.76 m.) long. (PI. 11, A.) In 

 this same second-story wall are two small recesses, approximately 5 

 inches (0.12 m.) wide by 4 inches (0.10 m.) high by 4 inches deep. 

 One lies in the north corner ; the other, in the middle wall and about 

 2 feet (0.60 m.) above the second-story floor level. The first of these 

 recesses was plainly left during construction, but the second ap- 

 pears to have been made subsequently by removal of a few small 

 stones. 



Room 31, northwest of and above room 29, is another storeroom. 

 Its floor is of native rock. A cliff terrace forms its northwest wall, 

 but masonry was employed at each end to support the ceiling cross 

 poles; between these seatings are three holes, pecked for other pole 

 ends. A single northeast-southwest beam crossed the middle room. 

 Through the southeast wall a 15 by 22 inch (0.38 by 0.56 m.) door 

 opens upon the roof of room 29. The slab sill and both jambs are 

 grooved; loops occur at either side. 



After patching and recapping the walls, we presumed to recon- 

 struct the roof. (PI. 13, A.) Ceiling poles and willows were sal- 



