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hundred feet. It all the time presented the same general aspect, being more a rock-shelter than a cavern. It was 40 or 50 feet from the floor on which we stood to the projecting ledge above. The erosion had progressed 20, 30 and even 40 feet into the ledge and there was this much space afforded for shelter. There were little crevices, breaks and faults in the rock, as well as holes formed by fallen rocks which afforded hiding places for small animals- wood-chucks, foxes, etc.
Our investigations ^[[by half dozen soundings,]] into this series of caves soon convinced us that we might not expect to find any traces of aboriginal occupation; whatever evidences there might have been once existing had [[strikethrough]] all [[/strikethrough]] been swept away by [[strikethrough]] reason of the exposure to [[/strikethrough]] the elements. The only hope we might have had would arise from burials, and of these we saw neither sign nor ^[[prospect,]] opportunity.

We continued our investigations into the Saltpetre caves a couple of miles distance from Rock-House, and tested, by sounding, a half dozen caverns in this neighborhood. While these might have possible, contained evidences of human or animal occupation, especially the latter, we did not feel much confidence that it would be of any ^[[high]] antiquity.