. Guide book to the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky : historical, scientific, and descriptive. »anions, it has everIttiii with a fceliii^ii; as if I liad intruded into some sacredmuusohnni. Tliis ponderous roek hides behind it theereviee that, until recently, was the only know^i way ofaccess t(^ the wonderful region of pits, domes and rivers,that we are to visit another The Giants Coffin. At a point 100 yards beyond the Giants Coffin, thetrend of the Main Cave turns upon itself at an acute angle,on tlio left, and sweeps around in a magnificent amphithe-ater on the right. This enchanting place s
. Guide book to the Mammoth Cave of Kentucky : historical, scientific, and descriptive. »anions, it has everIttiii with a fceliii^ii; as if I liad intruded into some sacredmuusohnni. Tliis ponderous roek hides behind it theereviee that, until recently, was the only know^i way ofaccess t(^ the wonderful region of pits, domes and rivers,that we are to visit another The Giants Coffin. At a point 100 yards beyond the Giants Coffin, thetrend of the Main Cave turns upon itself at an acute angle,on tlio left, and sweeps around in a magnificent amphithe-ater on the right. This enchanting place should not behastily passed. The effect of fire-w^orks here is remark-ably brilliant, and the sublime scene thus illumined is oneto 1)0 remembered long. The apex of tiie acute angle is marked by McPhersonsmonument, a rude pile of stones in memory of a gallantsoldier. More than 300 such monuments liave been erectedin (litTerent portions of the cave, in honor of various indi-viduals, literary institutions, and the several States of theUnion. Some of these pillars reaeh from floor to roof,each tourist who chooses to do so, adding a stone. An i Mammoth Cave. 29 incidental benefit of the custom is that it has helped toclear the paths. -rSasr^v- mm mm .„, .i , 6»iiaii,;iEai : - &S-R--J ?MM ? ?? •^•- •- A Strange Sanitarium. The roofless rema
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