DESCRIPTION OF CAVE. 9 



walls present considerable irregularities, with here a prominence, there 

 a depression, and everywhere small cracks and projections formed by 

 solution. The roof is a flat surface of a hard stratum of limestone. 

 This same stratum forms the roof of the cave to the end of the main 

 passage, with comparatively few breaks anywhere. This first portion 

 has the general character of much of the cave. At other places there 

 are sometimes fewer and sometimes more irregularities on the walls, 

 while there is now and then a small dome or widened crack in the roof. 

 Much of the floor is strewn with bits and slabs of limestone, with occa- 

 sionally a huge block fallen from the roof or side of the cave. The 

 references in the following pages are to corresponding references in 

 plate 2. 



At 50 feet from the mouth, ' ' 3, " the cave bends to the south at nearly 

 a right angle, and 70 feet farther in, "6," it bends toward the east at 

 almost as great an angle. At "5" there is a narrow, low side passage 

 which runs back 30 feet and intersects another similar passage from 

 "6." In the earth at the intersection of these low passages is a large 

 mammal hole. To the left, at '11" is another side passage that more 

 or less directly communicates with a sink-hole, through which water 

 enters the cave after every rain and spreads about, so that the part of 

 the cave from "17" to the mouth is always pretty wet. At "10" sev- 

 eral large blocks of stone fallen from the roof have formed a natural 

 dam and collected a drift of bits of wood and plant stems, while from 

 this drift to "16" the bottom of the cave is covered with a considerable 

 deposit of soil. At "20" there is a slight elevation of the floor, which 

 is water-worn and strewn with slabs of stone. From "19" to "22" the 

 cave is usually quite dry, this being its driest portion. At "25" is an 

 area, probably 30 feet in length, which is kept moist by water dripping 

 from the roof. Following this is another dry portion, and then, at " 26, " 

 an area of about 80 feet kept quite moist by dripping water. Beyond 

 this is another dry portion which extends to the mound, "29." 



The whole cave from the mouth to the mound is a fairly uniform 

 passage varying from 9 to 12 feet in width and 5 to 10 feet in height. 

 There are deposits of soil on the floor from the mouth to the second 

 turn ("1" to "7") and from "10" to "16." There is a bank of earth at 

 one side at "22, " and a deposit of gravelly soil from "23" to the mound 

 ("29"). The remainder of the floor of this part of the cave is naked 

 limestone, strewn with slabs and broken bits of stone. 



At "27" is a side passage which winds to the east for about 50 feet 

 and then leads down 8 to 10 feet to a small stream of water which dis- 

 appears to the left. The stream has its course in a general direction 

 parallel to the main cave and flows toward the mouth. Here, for the 



