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           ThesethingshadcomefromMesozoicgymnospermsandconifersespeciallyCretaceouscycadsandfromfanpalmsandearlyangiospermsofplainlyTertiarydate. NothingdefinitelylaterthanthePliocenecouldbediscovered. Intheplacingoftheseshutterswhoseedgesshowedtheformerpresenceofqueerandlong-vanishedhingesusageseemedtobevariedsomebeingontheouterandsomeontheinnersideofthedeepembrasures. Theyseemedtohavebecomewedgedinplace,thussurvivingtherustingoftheirformerandprobablymetallicfixturesandfastenings. 

           Afteratimewecameacrossarowofwindowsinthebulgesofacolossalfive-edgedconeofundamagedapexwhichledintoavast,well-preservedroomwithstoneflooring;buttheseweretoohighintheroomtopermitdescentwithoutarope. Wehadaropewithus,butdidnotwishtobotherwiththistwenty-footdropunlessobligedtoespeciallyinthisthinplateauairwheregreatdemandsweremadeupontheheartaction. Thisenormousroomwasprobablyahallorconcourseofsomesort,andourelectrictorchesshowedbold,distinct,andpotentiallystartlingsculpturesarrangedroundthewallsinbroad,horizontalbandsseparatedbyequallybroadstripsofconventionalarabesques. Wetookcarefulnoteofthisspot,planningtoenterhereunlessamoreeasilygainedinteriorwereencountered. 

           Finally,though,wedidencounterexactlytheopeningwewished;anarchwayaboutsixfeetwideandtenfeethigh,markingtheformerendofanaerialbridgewhichhadspannedanalleyaboutfivefeetabovethepresentlevelofglaciation. Thesearchways,ofcourse,wereflushwithupper-storyfloors,andinthiscaseoneofthefloorsstillexisted. 

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