. Guide book to the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky : historical, scientific, and descriptive. )ioco of unbroken forest, less thanhalf a mile from the Mammotli Cave Hotel, where all therequiroments of the case seem to be met. This vast de-pression embraces many acres, and is so deep that, whenstanding on its edge, one can overlook the tops of thetrees growing in the central portion. It remains to beproved by further explorations whether there are anyhidden tunnels of communication between it and the re-markable group of domes and pits I have been trying A Snow Clo^ i^See page 59.) I C
. Guide book to the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky : historical, scientific, and descriptive. )ioco of unbroken forest, less thanhalf a mile from the Mammotli Cave Hotel, where all therequiroments of the case seem to be met. This vast de-pression embraces many acres, and is so deep that, whenstanding on its edge, one can overlook the tops of thetrees growing in the central portion. It remains to beproved by further explorations whether there are anyhidden tunnels of communication between it and the re-markable group of domes and pits I have been trying A Snow Clo^ i^See page 59.) I CHAPTER V. Tiie Long Roale--Main Cave once more—Beyond the Pits—Fat MansMisery — Bacon Chamber — Sparks Avenue — Mammoth Dome —Egyptian Temple—A Lamp Lost and Found—River Hall—DeadSea—A Jolly Crowd Crossing the Styx—Lake Lethe—Echo River—Eyeless Fish—Subterranean Music—Sillimans Avenue—El Ghor—A Purple Vintage—Dinner in the Shade—A Crystal Paradise—Clevelands Cabinet—Cave Flowers—Rocky Mountains —CroghansHall — The Maelstrom — A Daring Exploit — The Corkscrew — OldMatt in Danger—Out of the Cave and under the Stars. Mammoth Cave has gained a reputation as a cave of magnificent distances ; and many a critical visitor hasset himself to correct the over-estimates of others. Yetthe fact remains that the Long Eoute is a days journeyunder ground. The signal for starting is given at 9A. M., and the return is about 6 p. m., after nine hours ofsteady walking over a road, a little rough in spots, hutfor the
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