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are seen exposed along the walls and ceiling, and 

 hero and there are examples of the gypsum rosettes 

 already mentioned. Beyond the Marble Hall is 

 "Queen Mab's Marble Garden" and the "Fairy Pal- 

 ace," both of which have their walls covered with a 

 gypsum efflorescence which has assumed the shapes 

 of flowers, leaves, sprigs and fanciful forms of many 

 kinds. From the end of Fairy Palace, 1,750 feet 

 from the Ice House, diverge several low passages 

 which visitors seldom enter, and from here we started 

 on our return to the entrance of the cave. 



The distance from Delta Island to Crawfish Spring, 

 including Milroy's Temple, was estimated to be about 

 one and four-tenths miles, and from the Junction 

 Room to the end of Fairy Palace, about one-half 

 mile. The total length of Wyandotte Cave as tra- 

 versed by the visitor who takes all three routes is, 

 therefore, about as follows : 



Old Cave 1.25 miles. 



Short Route from Fat Man's Misery onward 1.06 miles. 



Long Route from Delta Island onward :...... 1.90 miles. 



Total 4.21 miles. 



These distances are for one way only, and if the 

 routes are passed over on different days, the distance 

 from the entrance to where each begins must be added 

 to that above given. 



With two of the guides I passed through Roth- 

 rock's Straits in November, 1896. Dropping our- 

 selves through the narrow cleft in Odd Fellows' Hall, 

 we crawled down an angling passage over a mass of 

 rough rocks and into a low room almost filled with 



