CAVERNS. 



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GUDARIGBV CAVERNS. 



A. Entrance to the great cavern. 



B. Entrance to the lesser cavern. 



C. The " Grand Hall" of the Cavern; lofty and most 

 spacious. 



D. Second Cavern, not extensive, but there are several 

 small caverns above it. 



E. Termination of the great cavern. 



The entrance is probably about eighteen or 

 twenty feet broad, and thirty or forty feet high, 

 abounding in large stalactites, incrusting and 

 pending from all parts of the interior, as well as 

 separate masses like columns, supporting the roof. 

 Having made a fire and lighted our torches, we 

 entered the cavern to the right, [A in the dia- 

 gram,] and ascending over some loose earth, 

 entered a narrow vestibule, capable of admitting 

 only one person at a time ; it was encrusted 

 above, and on all sides, by stalactites of various 



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