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GLEANINGS FROM NATURE. 



several pools were found in which the water was two 

 or more feet in depth. At a distance of 325 feet the 

 passage forks, and from the right-hand branch came- 

 so strong a current of air that it was impossible to use 



, candles and lanterns 

 had to be substi- 

 tuted. The change 

 in lights made, the 

 right hand passage 

 was found to be a 

 narrow, win ding one, 

 about 150 feet in 

 length, and to lead 

 back into the main 

 passage about 100 

 feet farther from the 

 mouth than the 

 point from which it 

 started. All these 

 branches are through 

 the solid rock and 

 are only wa- 

 ter channels 

 AflfOF DomtEffl/nOiyL three or four 



Zntranc* 



about as 



pj g< 99. 



wide. 



Beyond 425 feet, several side branches were found 

 to contain water too deep to wade, or to soon become 

 too low for further progress ; in fact, the rock is more 

 honeycombed with small passages than in any cave 

 visited. The main passage, however, at about 500 



