The caverns of Luray : an illustrated guide-book to the caverns, explaining the manner of their formation, their peculiar growths, their geology, chemistry, etc. . ese when gently struck by the guide withhis finger give out notes of charming sweetness:— Like an ^Eolian harp that wakesNo certain air, but overtakesFar thought with music that it makes. Proceeding along the plank walk through the Narrow Passage,we have on our right the Frozen Cascade, succeeded further onby the Chalcedony Cascade. Opposite the latter upon the left * Recently dedicated, by the Reading Society of Natural Sciences, u
The caverns of Luray : an illustrated guide-book to the caverns, explaining the manner of their formation, their peculiar growths, their geology, chemistry, etc. . ese when gently struck by the guide withhis finger give out notes of charming sweetness:— Like an ^Eolian harp that wakesNo certain air, but overtakesFar thought with music that it makes. Proceeding along the plank walk through the Narrow Passage,we have on our right the Frozen Cascade, succeeded further onby the Chalcedony Cascade. Opposite the latter upon the left * Recently dedicated, by the Reading Society of Natural Sciences, under the name Henry-Baird Column, to the late Prof. Joseph Henry, the first Secretary, and Prof. Spencer F. Baird,the present Secretary, of the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. 35 is Mahomets Coffin, an immense boulder of limestone suspend-ed in mid-air. The Ball Room.—We emerge at length into a large openspace, nearly circular and magnificently furnished with all thatis striking and attractive in cave scenery. Its size and shapejustify the name which has been given it. It is floored withplank and provided with benches. A bank of stone on one side. BROADDUS LAKE, OR LAKE LEE. supplies a support for successive ranges of seats. Formerly on Illumination Days, when some five thousand candles werelighted throughout the cave, the lads and lasses of the adja-cent counties celebrated the event by assembling here for adance. The Luray Band with their instruments provided thenecessary music. As may be imagined, the effect was both striking and queer. The brilliant lights set off the Ball Roomto its best advantage, and the music echoed loudly back andforth through Giants Hall. This apartment, the lowest in thecave, is two hundred and sixty feet beneath the surface. The objects of interest here are the Tombs of the Martyrs,the Vault, the Ladys Riding Whip, the Idol, the Conical Shot,and the fair maiden Cinderella. Two sets of rooms adjoin. Theone contains the much admired Cascade
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