206 THE MAMMOTH CAVE. 



induced him to take this fearful "leap iu the 

 dark." 



After passing down a very precipitous bank, 

 some thirty or forty feet on the left side of 

 Lover's LeajD, we enter a narrow avenue, very 

 properly termed the Elbow Crevice. This 

 avenue, though not more than from three to 

 five feet wide, is fifty feet high, and twenty 

 feet in length. It is another Fat Man's Misery, 

 on an enlarged scale. 



Gatewood's Dining-Table is a flat rock which 

 has been detached from the ceiling. It is about 

 twelve feet long and eight wide, and is named 

 after one of the former proprietors. 



Next we reach Napoleon's Dome, which is 

 fifty feet high, and from twenty to thirty wide. 

 It was formed in the same manner as, and very 

 much resembles, Corinna's Dome, in the Pass of 

 El Ghor. 



A pool of perfectly transparent water, called 

 Lake Purity, is situated directly under Vulcan's 

 Smithy ; large amounts of the cinder-like for- 

 mations are to be seen in and around the minia- 

 ture lake. Many small stalagmites are found 

 in the bottom of the pool, which is quite 

 shallow. By the aid of the guide we sue- 



