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December 21, 1926,- Today
we checked material and
packed some skulls and skeletons.
December 22, 1926- About
one mile north of Divisadero
and on the same trail that
leads to the cemetery and the
Rio Seco we found a banana
grove of perhaps one half of
an acre in extent. The grove
was about 100 yards this side,
toward Divisadero, of the Graveyard
mine. A small clear stream
flowed through the grove, one
branch of it came from the
south west and the second flowed
from the south, near the north
end of the road they came together
and I passed on through the
place and across the trail as
one stream. The banana trees
were quite high, especially along
the banks of the streams where
they were from twelve to fifteen
feet high; also they were grouped
closely together in shady
clumps. Toward the outer edge
of the grove they were smaller
in height and number of trees
in a group. It was in the