( 9 ) 



who was then by himfelf, difcovered a 

 pretty large hole, which feemed to lead 

 to fome den, or repofitory, within the 

 rocks. It was not fo rude, or natu- 

 ral, but that there were fome figns of its 

 having been cleared, and made more ac- 

 ceflible by induilry. The furgeon for 

 fome time hefitated whether he fhould 

 venture in, from his uncertainty as to the 

 reception he might meet with from any 

 inhabitant ; but his curiofity getting the 

 better of his fears, he determined to go 

 in ; which he did upon his hands and 

 knees, as the paflage was too low for 

 him to enter otherwife. After having 

 proceeded a confiderable way thus, he 

 arrived at a fpacious chamber ; but whe- 

 ther hollowed out by hands, or natural, 

 he could not be pofitive. The light into 

 this chamber was conveyed through a 

 hole at the top ; in the midft was a kind 

 of bier, made of flicks laid croiTways, 

 fupported by props of about five foot in 



height. 



