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Near the entrance a crevice barely wide enough for a man to walk 

 in and in some places only 4 feet high turns off toward the left and 

 holds practically the same size for about 100 yards. Here it becomes 

 larger and higher. Earth has been carried out of this and its narrow 

 branches wherever there is room to use a shovel. In a large cham- 

 ber 200 yards from the front, at the end of the crevice, much digging 

 was done; the " face " left is 13 or 14 feet high. 



As far as the diggers went, there is nothing left to explore. Be- 

 yond that it is not probable any remains can be found, as it is totally 

 dark long before any remaining earth is reached. 



FRANKLIN COUNTY 



Several caves were reported in the vicinity of Sewanee and Mont- 

 eagle. They are objects of curiosity to students and summer resi- 

 dents who frequently visit and make tours through them. They 

 have thus acquired a fame much beyond what is justified by their 

 real interest. They seem to be wet, or with contracted entrances 

 and front chambers, or difficult of access, and, so far as could be 

 judged by the descriptions given, none of them is worth examining. 



MARION COUNTY 



Account's Camss. — There are two of these, both with high and 

 large openings, on the right bank of the Tennessee, 2 miles above 

 Shellmound or Nickajack. One is in the face of the bluff, the en- 

 trance 50 feet above the river bottom land. Huge rocks lie in front 

 and over nearly all the floor. Surface water flows in at the entrance 

 and after winding its crooked way among the rocks sinks at a point 

 25 or 30 feet below the top of the debris in front of the entrance. 

 This indicates an open way to the river, so the bottom of the cave 

 is probably down nearly or quite to the water level. 



The second cave is 100 yards above the first. A little stream, 

 whose head is in a valley, nearly a mile away, flows around the foot 

 of the bluff and into the mouth of the cave. When the Tennessee 

 rises to flood height the backwater comes into the bed of this stream 

 through the cave before submerging the low ridge between it and 

 the river. 



Caldwell's Ca\t:. — This is on the right bank of the Sequatchie 

 River, a mile above its junction with the Tennessee. It is said that 

 formerly a man could walk into it easily for 20 or 30 feet and then 

 crawl 50 or 60 feet farther. This is probably an error of memory. 

 By stooping one can now go in about 10 feet from the edge of the 

 roof, and with a pole feel where the floor and roof come together, 

 nowhere more than 10 or 12 feet beyond. It is said, also, that this 



