THE MAMMOTH CAVE. Whey: 
This is the first intimation given by the writer 
of the discovery of human remains in the Cave, 
and is all that he says upon the subject in 
this place. After proceeding, however, for some 
time, describing the various objects of interest 
upon entering the Gothic Arcade, he recurs to 
the subject; and, in consideration of the fact 
that we had expressed doubts regarding the 
whole question, before this account came under 
our notice, we here quote the entire remarks 
concerning the mummies, that our readers may 
decide for themselves what amount of credibility. 
the account is entitled to: 
“The Gothic Avenue, to which the visitor 
ascends from the main cave by a flight of stairs, 
is about forty feet wide, fifteen feet high, and two 
miles long. ‘The ceiling in many places is as 
smooth and white as if formed by the trowel of 
the most skillful plasterer. In a recess on the 
left hand, elevated a few feet above the floor, 
two mummies, long since taken away, were to 
be seen in 1813. They were in good preser- 
vation,—one was a female, with her extensive 
wardrobe placed before her. Two of the miners 
found a mummy in Audubon Avenue in 1814; 
but, having concealed it, it was not found until 
1840, when it was so much injured and broken 
