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Dr. Hayes House at
Booth Bay,
"Directly opposite to the
landing and about forty
yards from the clod.
This ererie which ran
parallel with the coast,
was about 8 feet in width
and quite level at the
top. On the east side
the rock was six feet
high, smooth and vertical
up to where it was broken
in two places, forming at
each a cliff. The other
side was lower, being
not more than from three
to four feet high, and
was round and sloping
as if to make up for
this defect; it was however,
set by a lateral cliff."
"The walls were fourteen feet
apart, four feet high,
and three feet thick."
We went upon the rock
on the west side a ladder,
of which the ayer was six
feet from the ground, and
which closed down under