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each of which has a cave-dweUing entrance, but 

 we had no time to examine these. 



" We rode to the south-west or sea-side of the 

 crater, where the hp was broken away into the 

 sea, and looks on three rocky islets. 



" There are just on the lip a number of low stone 

 houses facing the sea. In plan they are narrow 

 ellipses (Fig. 3), the walls and roofs being built of 

 shallow, undressed slabs. The doorways are 

 very narrow and low. The 

 floors are clay, but as there is 

 at present only about four feet 

 headroom, they were probably 

 once lower. I found an oval 

 smooth stone, about ten inches 

 long, with a scratched device 

 (Pig. 4). The rough boulders 

 outside were covered with figures not ungraceful, 

 generally a female form in a curved position. 



Fig. 4. — Carved stone. 



Fig. 5. — Female figures cut on the boulders. 



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