Kneeling on one side of the little pile he discerned that on a large stone, serving as a rude bench, were some tin utensils, some knives, a sextant, and a quantity of empty cartridge cases.

Between the stone and what a miner terms the "face" of the rock was a four-foot space.

Here, half imbedded in the sand which covered the floor, were two pickaxes, a shovel, a sledge-hammer, a fine timber-felling axe, and three crowbars.
In the darkest corner of the cave's extremity the "wall" appeared to be very smooth.

He prodded with the stick, and there was a sharp clang of tin.

He discovered six square kerosene-oil cases carefully stacked up.
Three were empty, one seemed to be half full, and the contents of two were untouched.