150 THE MAMMOTH CAVE. 
And Hermia, in her race of love, 
Outpace the hours of day. 
The fancy sees them passing now, 
How beautiful they seem ! 
And now they’re gone—we have them not, 
They vanish’d in the gloom.” 
Pensacola Avenue terminates about half a 
mile beyond Angelico Grotto, in a low archway. 
Sparks’ Avenue extends from River Hall to 
the Mammoth Dome, a distance of three-fourths 
of a mile. 
The objects of interest in this avenue occur 
in the following order: 
1. Banoirs’ HALL is sixty feet long and forty 
wide, the floor of which is covered with large 
rocks that have been detached from the ceiling. 
It is truly a wild-looking hall; its appearance — 
naturally suggesting the name. Here bandits 
might retire, and hold their revels in_ perfect 
security. 
To the right of Bandits’ Hall is an avenue 
of great extent, which has not been fully ex- 
plored, called Brigg’s Avenue. 
2. NEWMAN’S SPINE is about ten feet in 
length, and consists of a crevice in the center 
of the ceiling, which is the exact image of a 
cast of a gigantic backbone. 
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3. SYLVAN AVENUE extends from Sparks’ 
