Field notes, v639
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Field Notes D.A. Bell 8 June 1990 Old Fury Bay East Eyrie Wayne showed me a cave - we went in w/ flashlight. Really neat - the entrance to the cave is about 60' above sea level. The cave slopes down steeply - Wayne said he's found [illegible] Ancient Murklett shells in it - they do not get back out. It leveled out after first 30', then goes back into cliffs about 120'. Smooth grunk on the floor of initial wide cavern, that then goes into a deeper cavern with a roof about 60' high. The cave then narrows to human width, and one needs to stoop as one goes - past bizarre stalagites & stalagnites. Even the walls are coated with this same material as the cones: putty yellowish limestone appearance. Floor of cave here has rounded rocks - as on beach. Under these rocks are many lines - some very brittle - of shell bits, fish. Even fish scales. How old? Some lines new, some very old. We collected a few bones for ID, possible dating. Turned off lite & listened to the darkness. Back out around 21:00. Continued E. At last cliff before Calvin Beach; we stopped at an old shellfish Indian midden tucked up & under a large overhang. Also found several peregrine feather ad saw [illegible] on walls way under overhang - a minutes soot? Back to Clint at 22:00. Deer, 16 Harlequin Ducks on beach. Also Varied Thrush. Also Pigeon Guilewett in rocks, & pair of GGC's on Dog's Head.