TEN INDIANA CAVES. 



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(Cope), which is closely allied to the common " daddy 

 long-legs." It is, however, much smaller, and pale 

 yellow or reddish in color. It fre- 

 quents the surface of damp rocks 

 and probably feeds upon the little 

 cave " spring-tail " which was every- 

 where abundant. 



Several short^ side branches di- 

 verge from the main one, and at a 

 distance of 1,300 feet from the 

 mouth a large branch turns off to 

 the right,*whieh was explored for 

 about 400 feet, but not to the end. 

 The main passage continues to the 

 left, and at 1,800 feet a large rock 

 30x15 feet was found which had fallen from the roof 

 and partially blocked the way. Two thousand feet 

 from the entrance the passage widens into a room 

 100 feet across and four feet in height', which contains 

 much fallen rock, but nothing else of especial interest. 

 Beyond this the cave narrows again and varies from 

 twenty to thirty feet in width as far as explored. 



Fig. 31 Cave Harvest- 

 man. (Much enlarged.) 



MAKENGO CAVE. 



This cave, which next to Wyandotte is the most 

 noted in Indiana, is located a short distance north-east 

 of Marengo, Crawford County.' It has been known 

 only since 1883, and the owners of the land on which 

 the entrance is located were wise enough to prevent 

 the ruthless destruction of the stalagmites and stalac- 

 tites which form the main beauty of the cavern. Some 

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