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and sand. The roof lay in continuation with the floor level of 

 court 34. 



A section of the smoke-stained northwest wall of room 29 extends 

 through into room 100 ; the upper portion of this protruding masonry- 

 had been raised somewhat to form an 8 by 20 inch (0.51 m.) shelf, 

 22 inches (0.56 m.) above the floor. Below this shelf is the embedded 

 end of the lower log supporting the northwest side of room 29. 

 Through the middle southeast wall a 15 by 23 inch (0.38 by 0.58 m.) 

 door opens into court 28. Six small aspen branches support the 

 stone lintel ; its sill slab lies about 12 inches above the floor. 



Room 101 will be found in the north middle portion of the cave, 

 adjoining room 64-65. Only a portion of its northeast wall re- 

 mained in 1917, and this was so disintegrated and so insecure we 

 partially replaced it with new masonry, built upon deepened steps. 

 The southeast wall had rested on two rather shallow steps, slightly 

 north of the southeast corner of room 64-65. Other pecked steps, 

 varying in size and depth, are present on the abruptly sloping cave 

 floor in front of and below rooms 101 and 102. (PI. 16, B.) While 

 some of these doubtless served as wall rests, it is quite possible the 

 others merely furnished temporary footing for the builders. 



Because the space between it and the slanting cliff is so restricted, 

 the southeast wall rose several feet to the floor level. This space 

 may have been filled with debris or it may have served for storage 

 purposes. Above it, however, there must certainly have been a 

 living room, corresponding with that next on the west. 



An old step series leads northwesterly up the sloping cliff, across 

 the middle of room 101 and the upper end of room 64-65, to room 63. 



Room 102. Of this room, northeast of and adjoining room 101, no 

 walls remained in 1917. But their former positions were plainly 

 evident from the pecked steps and grooves commonly used as rests 

 for masonry. The southeast wall formed a continuation of that in 

 room 101. High on the upper slope great slabs of sandstone have 

 separated from the ledge. Since these slabs are grooved by the 

 grinding of stone axes we endeavored to hold them in place by 

 several steel drills, set on the lower side. 



It is improbable that other rooms formerly stood on the slop- 

 ing cave floor northeast of room 101, but disintegration here has 

 removed all trace of them, if any. 



Rooms 103-106. Four buildings northeast of rooms 49 and 50 and 

 northwest of room 47 may be postulated. With but few interrup- 

 tions a pecked groove continues from the west corner of room 55 to 

 the north corner of room 50 ; this undoubtedly once served as a wall 

 rest. A similar groove, extending from the north corner of room 46 

 to the east corner of room 52, is supposed to be that on which the 



