. Guide book to the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky : historical, scientific, and descriptive. simple aflair for burning lard-oil, and swings from four wires twisted into a handle, witha tin shitld to protect the hand. Each visitor is expectedto carry one of these lights, but it is not given to him tillhe enters the cave. The guides appearance is unique as he stands ready forduty. Xo uniform is worn, but each, white or black, Mamynoth Cave. 17 dresses according to his own taste. The bunch of lamps,sometimes strung on a stick if there are many of them;the flask of oil swung by the side; the oddly-shap
. Guide book to the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky : historical, scientific, and descriptive. simple aflair for burning lard-oil, and swings from four wires twisted into a handle, witha tin shitld to protect the hand. Each visitor is expectedto carry one of these lights, but it is not given to him tillhe enters the cave. The guides appearance is unique as he stands ready forduty. Xo uniform is worn, but each, white or black, Mamynoth Cave. 17 dresses according to his own taste. The bunch of lamps,sometimes strung on a stick if there are many of them;the flask of oil swung by the side; the oddly-shaped bas-ket carried on the other side, containing an assortment ofchemicals for illuminating the larger rooms, together withany thing else that may be needed—makes a queer tout en-semble. At the ringing of a large bell the party to go in on thattrip gather in the garden, clad in any dress that suits thewearer; the ladies often donning a gymnastic dresstrimmed, perhaps, with spangles and tiny bells; whileeasy shoes, close-fitting caps, and a comfortable temper aredesirable for Matt., the Guide—Mammoth Cave. The entrance to Mammoth Cave is reached by a shadypath down a wild ravine, and is about 300 yards from thehotel on the bluff. Another hotel stood, formerly, in frontof the entrance, but it was burned about fifteen years ago,and the scorched trees carry the scars of the fire. A plat- Ig Ct((}n-(ttt(l American Caverns. loiiii has Ikoh kvil»<l oil ;ni(I furnished witli rustic seats^wiiiTt, oil the liottest (lays of mid-sumuier, one may enjoyntVcsliiiiir coolness. It is 118 feet below the summit oftlic liliiir. and 114 feet ahove the level of Green river,Avhich Hows alona: at tlie distance of about half a mile, andfurnishes excellent boating and tishing for those wlio arefond of suy ice. The air, as well as the water,
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