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science ; and yet when compared with the dome 

 of this Temple, they sink into comparative insig- 

 nificance. Such is the surpassing grandeur of 

 Nature's works.' 



"To us," adds "Visitor," "the Temple seemed 

 to merit the glowing description above given ; 

 but what would Lee think, on being told that 

 since the discovery of the rivers, and the world 

 of beauties beyond them, not one person in fifty 

 visits the Temple or the Fairy Grotto; they 

 are now looked upon as tame and uninter- 

 ng. ^ 



From these justly-merited descriptions of this 

 portion of the Cave the reader may form some 

 concej^tion of the surpassing beauty and mag- 

 nificence of other parts, when infjrmed, as 

 above, that the Chief City is now very rarely 

 visited. 



From the Chief City to the end of the Main 

 Cave, a distance of three miles, there are 

 several points at which the appearance which 

 this avenue presented when filled with running 

 water may be observed, where the overhanging 

 cliffs closely resemble those in the Pass of El 

 Ghor, of recent formation. 



* Rambles, etc., pp. 55, 56, 57. 



