CHAPTER XIII. 



THE RATS, INSECTS, ETC. OF THE CAVE. 



Having now reached the end of the Long 

 Route, and presuming that the minds of our 

 readers are sufficiently filled, for the present, 

 with the beautiful, the sublime, and the terrible, 

 we embrace the opportunity, before wending 

 back our weary way to the land of verdure and 

 sunshine, to draw attention for a few moments, 

 by way of diversion, to some of the animals and 

 insects of the Cave which have not already been 

 described, — several of which are found at this 

 point. 



A peculiar kind of rat is sometimes found in 

 Crogan's Hall as well as in other parts of the 

 Cave, which is a size larger than the Norway 

 rat. The head and eyes resemble those of a 

 rabbit, and the hair on the back is like that of a 

 gray squirrel, but that of the legs and abdomen 

 is white. 



Cave crickets and lizards are also found here. 

 The Cave crickets are about an inch in length. 

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