186 THE MAMMOTH CAVE. 
moth Cave. The name of the writer is not 
given. It is simply stated that the account of 
this mummy was published “by a highly scien- 
tific gentleman of New York, one of the early 
visitors of the Cave.” 
In examining Collins’ account of the Cave, from 
whom we had a right to expect a very full his- 
tory,—for he speaks of it as being “perhaps the 
sreatest natural curiosity of the world,’—we were 
much disappointed to find that all reference to 
its early history was omitted. He does not state 
the year of the discovery, by whom it was dis- 
covered, or what led to its discovery. In this 
respect the letter we give from Mr. Gorin con- 
tains information that, to our knowledge, has 
not hitherto been published. Mr. C. dwells at 
great length on what we regard as minor points 
of interest, while Echo River and the great 
curiosities beyond are scarcely mentioned, and 
no attempt made at description, the whole being 
summarily dismissed with the remark that “a 
detailed description of these wonders would not 
consist with the plan of this work.” And this 
statement is made after the minute description 
of the mummies and their ornaments. 
The work before mentioned, entitled “The 
Universe; or, The Infinitely Great and the In-~ 
