Wonders of the great Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, containing thorough and accurate historical and descriptive sketches of this marvelous underground world . OPENING TO ( AVE-LOOKING OUT. OREAT MAMMOTH CAVE 27 Bowling Green, Ky.; Henry Chandler, of Bos-ton, Mass., and the writer. NATURAL BEAUTY The natural scenery from the hotel to themouth of the cave is very beautiful and cannotfail to awaken interest to those who love the sub-lime in nature. The pathway that leads downthe hill-side from the hotel to the mouth of thegreat cavern is clustered with tulip trees clothedin the richest of foliage; wit
Wonders of the great Mammoth Cave of Kentucky, containing thorough and accurate historical and descriptive sketches of this marvelous underground world . OPENING TO ( AVE-LOOKING OUT. OREAT MAMMOTH CAVE 27 Bowling Green, Ky.; Henry Chandler, of Bos-ton, Mass., and the writer. NATURAL BEAUTY The natural scenery from the hotel to themouth of the cave is very beautiful and cannotfail to awaken interest to those who love the sub-lime in nature. The pathway that leads downthe hill-side from the hotel to the mouth of thegreat cavern is clustered with tulip trees clothedin the richest of foliage; with immense oaksfrom whose lofty boughs hang beautiful festoonsof vines; with giant poplars, chestnuts, syca-mores, spice-wood, and a beautiful undergrowthof bushes, shrubs, ferns and mosses. THE OPENING The opening to the cave is an immense fun-nel-shaped vestibule of limestone ledges, andfrom the mid-arch of the entrance, fifty feetabove, leaps a beautiful little waterfall. Thisminiature cascade gleams and sparkles in thesunlight in its descent to the rocky floor beneath,and after flowing only a few feet it suddenly 28 WONDERS OF THE sinks and is
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