38 THE MAMMOTH CAVE. 
Other marks of dilapidation are also apparent, _ 
from the same cause; but as the return-tide of 
visitors begins to flow, with its attendant pros- 
perity, evidences of restoration are visible. 
The building and the surrounding grounds 
are in marked contrast with those seen by the 
way from Cave City. The visitor is surprised 
“to find in this uncultivated “backwoods” such 
a large and cheerful-looking dwelling and so 
handsome a lawn. The lawn comprises about 
two acres of ground, is laid out with gravel 
walks, and is tastefully ornamented with cedar 
and other trees. 
There are not many summer resorts where 
an individual or a family can pass a few weeks 
more pleasantly or more profitably than at the 
Mammoth Cave Hotel. Here are to be found 
all the advantages of a first-class watering-place 
hotel, with the addition of fine country scenery, 
and daily opportunities of observing Nature’s 
ereat subterranean wonder. 
In the yard, immediately in front of the main 
building, stands a very curious-looking sand- 
stone rock, about three and a half feet square. 
One side of the rock has a regular surface which 
is covered with perforations similar in size and 
shape (though more widely separated) to the 
