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Show 169 i o g a single line of thirty houses, extended along its narrow crest, twenty- two of them beiog south of the causeway, and eight north of it. The most southern in situation is at some distance from the southern extremity of the hog- back, I selected it as a position from which to sketch tlm country to tbo south and west. ( See Geological Report, appendix G 1.) It is built on ' the western slope of the rock, a wall of 12 feet in height supporting it on that side, while the uarrow ledge formiug the sum- FIG. 4.- Ground- plan of house Xo. 7. nut of the ridge is its back wall. It is square, 3.355 meters on a side, and has a floor leveled with earth and stones. Two stout cedar- posts probably once supported the roof; their stumps remain, well cracked and weathered. Bushes of sage, similar in size to that of the surrounding plain, are growing within the walls. The second house is immediately adjoining, and is surrounded by an independent wall, that on the lower side of the ridge being still 12 feet in height. The length of the inclosure is 4.69 meters, and the width 2.68 meters; full sized scrub- oak and- sage- brush are growing in it. The stumps of two cedar posts remain, one 5, the other 8 inches in diameter. The third house adjoins No. 2, but is surrounded by a distiuct wall, except at the back or side next the precipice, where a ledge of rock completes the inclosure. The latter is 4.02 meters long; it contains a scrub- oak of 3 inches diameter, which is an average t » ize for the tree. LL- 12 |
