[Journal] March 6-November 22, 1933
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more than take a look around! The main entrances were partly closed by nature though I managed to crawl in and found that it opens into a large chamber after which I explored around for other openings & almost fell into one that was covered over & into another & went going down a hole in the ground then wading up the stream a short distance there were a number of swift one of which I caught in my hand. October 5 1933 Paul Brace & myself went back in the morning and did some more exploring see opposite page for sketch of openings (1) Opening No 1 was not disturbed after coming back from Nos. 6 & 7 nor was a good way into nos 2-3 both of which open into the same chamber 3 dropping specifically & therefore an asable. One crawls for about 4 feet before coming out onto a ledge down which one scrambles out slopily floor for from 10 to 15 meters there was a passage to the N. A. E. which was not investigated as we followed the larger 3: E (left) it quickly descended to a stream which I would judge was running in a direction to subtend an angle of a few degrees less than 90 The passage upstream was too narrow to follow so we waded down stream. We were soon forced to leave it as it came to a pool with no apparent visible opening & undoubtedly going under a rock situated a step or two we climbed into on another passage that went slightly up we soon emerged into a small chamber but at the bottom of which was a pool of water which took blue with its depth and was probably quite so as our water usually look much shallower than it really is. We turned back thus though we could have gone on through another passage, as our candle was getting low. In No 6 we went up stream about 20 meters further as we would go we found a number of swift met some with young others with eggs and some just finished. Paul collected several. In No 7 I went down stream to where the stream went down a falls I could not see how far as at the cave was too narrow to go any further