THE MAMMOTH CAVE. iss 3 
The guides informed us, upon reference being 
made to this terrific adventure, which had pre- 
viously come under our notice, that since the 
occasion of Prentice’s descent, two other parties 
have been bold enough to incur the same 
hazards,—one an Englishman and the other an 
American. They, however, did not meet with 
the appalling experience that is so graphically 
narrated in the foregoing sketch. | 
