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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.