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of New York; and Prof. C. W. Wright, of Louisville 
(author of the Guide Book of Mammoth Cave). 
Mr. Proctor informs us that near this Cave there is 
another, rivaling it in beauty, which he explored in 1866; 
and, from the fact that many of the avenues are closed 
with masses of stalactites, he feels confident that a com- 
munication can be effected between the two. The stalac- 
tite and stalagmite formations in Diamond Cave are more 
numerous and far more beautiful than any found in Mam- 
moth Cave. An English traveler remarked that, after 
many years’ travel through Europe and America in search 
of geological and other objects of interest, he had not met 
with such a gem as Diamond Cave. 
The following is a brief outline of the principal objects 
of interest to be found in this Cave: 
In the Rotunda, which is seventy feet in diameter and 
thirty feet high, are to be seen Cleopatra’s Needle, a sta- 
lagmite, five feet high and six inches in diameter, incrusted 
with the oxide of iron; Serpent’s Head, directly over the 
Needle, five feet in length, depending from the ceiling, and 
bearing a striking resemblance to the head of a large 
snake, with its mouth open; Closed Lily is suspended 
from the ceiling, and closely resembles the flower after 
which it is named: it is eight feet long and two feet in 
diameter; Elfin’s Grotto is a lovely alcove, fifteen feet 
above the floor of the Rotunda, the entrance of which is 
ornamented with beautiful stalagmites and stalactites: the 
crystallizations within assume every imaginable shape, 
