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I believe, to have been a dipping-place for water by the 
aborigines. 
. Close to these dipping-places, and but slightly embedded 
in the surface of the white sand, were five cores of quartzite, 
that gave evidence of having been flaked by human hands. 
Four of these lay in pairs, quite close together, just as if the 
owners had laid them down after using them, probably for 
grinding their food. 
e excavation was carried down another 10 feet, through 
the white sand, but as this bed was of the nature of a 
quicksand, great difficulties were met, with in its removal, for 
when left for a few hours the sand would cave in and reach its 
former level, so that after a depth of 10 feet was reached in 
this bed the work was stopped without reaching its bottom. 
It may be said that the benevolent intentions of the owner 
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