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were found can be viewed as little less than 

 sacrilege. There they had been, perhaps, for 

 centuries, and there they ought to have been 

 left." The author adds, " What has become of 

 them I know not. One of them, it is said, was 

 lost in the burning of the Cincinnati Museum. 

 The wardrobe of the female was given to a Mr. 

 Ward, of Massachusetts, who, I believe, pre- 

 sented it to the British Museum." 



Note. — An article of some length, entitled "Underground 

 Territories of the United States," appeared in "The Interna- 

 tional Magazine of Literature and Science,'' published by Stringer 

 & Townsend, New York, in 1852 (vol. v.). The writer remarks: 



" In Virginia, New York, and other States, the caves of Weyer, 

 Schoharie, and many that are less famous, but not inferior in 

 beauty or grandeur, are well known to travelers ; but the Mam- 

 moth Cave under Kentucky is world-renowned ; and such felon 

 States as Naples might hide in it from the scorn of mankind." 



It is stated that the paper was prepared " chiefly from a letter 

 by Mrs. Child, a very full description of this eighth wonder of the 

 world — illustrated by engravings from recent drawings made, . 

 under the direction of the Rev. Horace Martin, who proposes 

 soon to furnish for tourists an ample volume on the subject." 



The writer speaks of the mummies found in the Cave, and adds, 

 " I believe that one of these mummies is now in the British 

 Museum." 



Nearly all the materials of which this article was composed, 

 including the illustrations, were subsequently incorporated in 

 Mr. Martin's book, from which we have repeatedly quoted. The 

 original, however, did not come under our notice until quite 

 recently. 



We will also state that, since our text has been in type, we 



