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plorations, because we found, as at the Great Ash Cave, abundant evidence that in prehistoric times the aboriginal man had occupied some of these caves, and that was a considerable addition to the sum of our previous knowledge.

While [[strikethrough]] there were some breaks in stratum of [[/strikethrough]] the sandstone forming ^[[of]] these cliffs, [[strikethrough]] yet it had not[[/strikethrough]] ^[[had doubtless been]] been laid down in layers or strata, [[strikethrough]]but was apparently in [[/strikethrough]] ^[[yet it had the appearance of being]] a solid formation. 
On the smooth face of the rock, a hundred or more feet in length and many feet in height, just back of and above the deposit of ashes into which we had dug, was an aboriginal inscription. The face of the rock had been marked with many names of visitors, but beneath them and through them could be seen plainly the inscriptions. It was probably 40 feet long and its lines were made by little cup-like depressions drilled or pecked into the face of the stone: a rough sketch copy is given. Of course, no meaning is known, to this inscription, nor is it even  known whether it had any meaning. It is here recorded for the purpose of preservation.