62 THE MAMMOTH CAVE. 
fin!” We are then informed that we behold 
the Giant’s Coffin. This immense sarcophagus 
is a huge rock, forty feet long, twenty wide, and 
eight in depth, and, at the point from which it is 
viewed, presents a striking resemblance to a 
coffin. It has been detached from the side of 
the avenue against which it rests. 
On the ceiling, a little to the left of the Giant’s 
Coffin, and looking into the Deserted Chamber, 
is the figure of an ant-eater. It is composed 
of the efflorescence of black gypsum, and rests 
upon a background of white limestone. Bayard 
Taylor, whose extensive travels enable him to 
speak authoritatively, says that the resemblance 
of the figure to the animal after which it is 
named is very perfect. 
A short distance beyond the Giant’s Coffin, in 
the Main Cave, after passing what is called the 
Acute Angle, a group of figures is observed on 
the ceiling, termed the Giant, Wife, and Child. 
These figures are in a sitting posture, and the 
Giant appears to be in the act of passing the 
Child to the Giantess. They are also composed 
of black gypsum, which rests on a white back- 
ground. 
Still farther on, the figure of a colossal mam- 
moth may be seen on the ceiling. 
