THE MAMMOTH CAVE. . | “Se 
our readers will have already learned, has long 
since been settled in this country. Dr. P. also 
alludes to the fact that the Cave has been (and 
he appears to think still is) used as a sanitarium, 
—speaking of it as “the su/phurous atmosphere in 
which medical men kept their patients afflicted’ 
with chest affections.” Of all affections those of 
the chest would be the most aggravated by a 
sulphurous atmosphere; and we are surprised 
that Dr. P., a medical man, should make such a 
statement without interposing an interjection of 
astonishment, and without giving his authority 
for it. There is no sulphurous atmosphere in 
any part of the Cave, though one or two sul- 
phur springs are found. 
In connection with Dr. Poucher’s remarks 
upon the Mammoth Cave there is an illustration 
_ of a view of the Dead Sea, which is drawn en- 
tirely from fancy. There is also another very 
conspicuous illustration of the River Styx. In 
the scene a boat is represented, propelled by a 
negro standing in the prow, with a single oar or 
paddle, who is shown to be hatless and naked 
to the loins,* and appears to be making frantic 
* The negro cannot endure as much cold as the white man, 
and it can scarcely be presumed that he would enjoy any amount 
of comfort in this condition at the temperature of 59°. 
