THE MAMMOTH CAVE. 135 



The guides informed us, upon reference being 

 made to this terrific adventure, which had pre- 

 viously come under our notice, that since the 

 occasion of Prentice's descent, two other parties 

 have been bold enough to incur the same 

 hazards, — one an Englishman and the other an 

 American. They, however, did not meet with 

 the appalling experience that is so graphically 

 narrated in the foregoing sketch. 



