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LURAY CAVERN, PAGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA. 



lambrequins— what shall we call them — of translucent calcite, some white 

 as snow, others impregnated with the impurities of the soil above, falling 

 in graceful folds, fringed with a thousand patterns, and so thin that a candle 

 held behind one of them reveals all the structure within. With much 



The Cathedral (Giant's Hall). 



regret the visitor sees the curtain fall upon this enchanted spot, but his 

 sense of novelty is redoubled as he passes on to the Fallen Column, 

 strangely misnamed. Once it hung from the lofty ceiling above, in com- 

 pany with many others, a ponderous mass over 50 feet long, at least 14 

 feet in its greatest diameter, and weighing about 400 tons. The entire 



