The caverns of Luray : an illustrated guide-book to the caverns, explaining the manner of their formation, their peculiar growths, their geology, chemistry, etc. . mountain curves towards us, foldingin its embrace the hills and dales, broad meadows, orchards andfertile fields of the upper Hawks Bill. Marys Rock is a famousland-mark in full view. On our left, towards Front Royal, theazure-tinted peaks of the Massanutton are seen to approach theline of the Blue Ridge. Famous for many bloody combats dur-ing the war, the scene is now, however, one of peace, and recallsthe Laureates vision— The isl
The caverns of Luray : an illustrated guide-book to the caverns, explaining the manner of their formation, their peculiar growths, their geology, chemistry, etc. . mountain curves towards us, foldingin its embrace the hills and dales, broad meadows, orchards andfertile fields of the upper Hawks Bill. Marys Rock is a famousland-mark in full view. On our left, towards Front Royal, theazure-tinted peaks of the Massanutton are seen to approach theline of the Blue Ridge. Famous for many bloody combats dur-ing the war, the scene is now, however, one of peace, and recallsthe Laureates vision— The island valley of Avilion ;Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow,Nor ever wind blows loudly ; but it lies6eep-meadowed, happy, fair with orchard lawns,And bowery hollows crownd with summer sea. 39OTHER PARTS OF THE CAVE. Silence is vocal if we listen well. Large areas, embracing some of the finest parts of the cave,are not yet open to the public. The route described in mylast chapter takes in those localities which were first made easyof access to the general visitor. There remain for the un-daunted explorer certain regions for which special preparation. A CORNER OF THE BALL ROOM. 40 is necessary: miles * of clambering up the sides of chasms,along slippery ledges, swinging from pillar to pillar at greatrisk of losing ones hold on treacherous stalagmites—to give aname to some as yet unchristened gulch ; ridges to straddlewith yawning gulfs on either side, and embarrassing sharp-pointed stalactites overhead ; descents to be made, with laborand peril, by the help of decaying draperies, to reach floorsdeep with boot-jack mud, or forming, perhaps, a thin crustover some bottomless pit; crawling to be done through pas-sages too small for ones person, in mingled mud and water,—
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