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tites, some in groups, others singly, and all possessed 

 of fanciful names given them by former visitors or by 

 the proprietors and guides of the cave. One hundred 

 feet from the foot of the entrance is a slab of lime- 

 stone, fallen from the roof, whose dimensions are 

 18x8x4 feet. This is known as " Fallen Rock," and 

 beyond it a short distance is, on the right, a passage- 

 way known as the "Cut Oft','' which leads to the 

 Crystal Palace. Continuing, the main passage widens 

 to 30 or more feet, and for a distance of 80 feet is 

 known as "Statue Hall." In this are some note- 

 worthy formations, the prettiest of which is "Mt. 

 Vesuvius," a large, rounded stalagmite. Above it is 

 a group of slender stalactites, down which a stream 

 of water trickles and gives a muddy character to the 

 floor for a distance of several hundred feet. 



Crawling over the damp rocks were several speci- 

 mens of a small, light yellow spider, Nesticus carteri 

 Em., which were quickly consigned to a vial of alco- 

 hol. It belongs to the group of "wandering spiders" 

 whose members spin no webs, and its food is doubtless 

 the little cave "spring-tail" which occurred by thou- 

 sands in the same damp area. Here, also, were taken 

 the first specimens of a blind myriapod, afterwards 

 found in great numbers in Wyandotte Cave. 



Congress Hall succeeds Statue Hall and contains 

 along the edge of the ceiling some handsome forma- 

 tions, known as the "Giant's Mitten," "Mammoth 

 Fen," etc. From this hall the bed of an old stream 

 leads to the right beneath the massive limestone walls. 

 "Mammoth Hall," with a width of sixty-five feet and 

 a length of about 300, comes next in order, and con- 



