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built up along the front and earth and rock had been filled in behind. 
[Keeker Island discovered November k, 1786^. French Frigate Shoals later in 
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786,] 
Amoni? the first finds were a human femur and two tibiae in good state of preservation 
An end of one of the bones was charred by fire, perhaps significant of a'meal 
of Hong pig 11 . A fire place had been made against a large upright stove below 
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which were bits of charcoal and considerable ash cemented into a firm mass. At depths 
from one to two feet we found parts of three or four broken stone bowls and by 
sifting discovered three of the curious grooved htones said to have been used in 
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catching squid, two of them 3 to 4 inches long and two inches wide and one only 
a little more than half as large. Also some little adzes sharp at either end, 
smooth and polished and some large flattened stones with polished surface. Scattered 
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"through here were many water worn pebbles two to four inches in diameter. 
Also--found quantities of sharp edged rock slivers probably used in making brine 
fish hooks. 
July 1—The Kaula on the chart is marked as 940 feet high. I was astonished to 
find it a rounded mass rising somewhat less than 500 ,feet aobve the sea, a visitable 
turtle shell of volcanic with its rounded summit and high sides. The island was 
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steeply precipitous for three-fourths of its circumference the cliffs rising almost 
sheer for 200 uo J00 feet with nothing more than shelves barely above water level 
at the base. On the east southeast there was a slight indentation than formed a byay 
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Iwith precipitous walls, not quite so high as elsewhere. From close examination I 
was convinced that the summit could be scaled at the southern extremity of tnis bay 
where the cliffs were not more than 100 feet high and their front was 
broken by a series of ledges. . . ... " 
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