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of all the large rooms, without exception, was uniformly 54°; thus being identical with that of Mammoth and Luray. 

 Eothrock informs me that the temperature is the same in winter as in summer, and that the breeze is into instead of 

 out of the cave when the outer air is colder than that within." (Hovey.) 



TABLE OF DISTANCES IN WYANDOTTE CAVE. 



[Measured and estimated by "Wash. Eothrock, a guide of twenty-eight 

 years' experience.] 



Miles. Miles. 



Outer door to Bandits' Hall .25 



Bandits' Hall to Pillar of Constitution 1. 75 



. . 2. CO 1st route. 



Outer d^'or to Auger Hole 1.25 



Auger Hole to Junction Koom 1. 25 



Junction Koom to Crawfish Spring 1.00 



Crawfish Spring to end of Wabash Avenue 1. 50 



5. 00 2d route. 



Junction Room to Fairy Palace -50 



Outer door to Delta Island .50 



Delta Island to the Throne 1. 00 



Throne to South Branch 1. 00 



2. 50 3d route. 



Lower division, partly explored, 10 to 7 miles 7. 00 3d route. 



Smaller avenues 6. 50 



Total 23.50 



IiEFERENXES. 



Salt-peter Hoppers. 70 Hall of Eepresentatives. 



1 Arched Entrance. 71 Hill of Science. 



2 Faneuil Hall. 72 The Alligator. 



3 Columbian Arch. 73 The Mound. 



4 Falling Kock. 74 The Throne. 



5 Bats' Lodge. 75 Gen'l Scott's Reception Room 



6 Entrance to New Cave and Fat 76 Ante-Room. 



Man's Misery. 77 Hovey Point. 



. 7 Bandits' Hall. 78 The Pit and Sieve. 



8 Jacob's Ladder. 79 The Amphitheater. 



9 Pismy Dome. 80 Rocky Hill. 

 fD Debri's Dome. 81 Muddy Fork. 



11 Continued Arch. 82 Lost Rivulet. 



12 The Canopy. 83 Frozen Cascades or Curtains. 



13 Lucifer's Gorge. 84 The Hippopotamus. 



14 Natural Bridge. 85 Fairy Grotto. 



15 The Stoop. 86 Neptune Retreat. 



16 Temple of Honor. 87 Hermit Cell. 



17 Secret entrance to Rothrock's 88 The Senulcher. 



Straits. 89 Purgatory. 



18 Odd Fellows' Hall. 90 Calliope Bower. 



19 Phantom ship "Millie." 91 Palace of the Genii. 



20 Pharaoh's Stairway. 92 Piltered Palace. 



21 Conrad's Hall. 93 Creeping Avenue. 



22 The Cliffs. 94 Junction Room. 



23 The Pit. 95 Drawiug Koom. 



24 Falls of Minnehaha. 96 Dining Room. 



25 Dead Fall. 97 Delta Island. 



26 Cyclops' Chasm. 98 Sandy Plain, 300 feet long. 



27 Dead Sea. 99 Hill of Difficulty. 



28 Screw Hole. 100 Monument Mo'nntain, 135 feet 

 20 Polished Bowlders, Indian. high, over which is Wallace's 



30 Senate Chamber. Grand Dome, 50 feet above top 



31 Chair of State. of mountain, and 185 feet ahove 



32 Pluto Ravine. base of the bill. 



33 Stallasso Monument. 101 Sulphur Spring. 



34 Stillo Mountain. 102 The Auger Hole. 



35 Pillar of the Constitution. 103 Lilliputian Hall. 

 3*3 Hymen's Bower. 104 Spade's Grotto. 



37 Hine Cliffs. 105 Slippery Hill. 



38 Lonigan's Pass. 106 Hall of Ruins. 



39 Diamond Labyrinth. 107 White Cloud Room. 



40 Emmonecy Arcade. 108 Sentinel Office. 



41 Rode Rock No. 1. 109 Bishop's Rostrum or Pulpit. 



42 Queen Mab's Retreat. 110 Journal Office. 



43 Snow Banks. Ill Calypso's, or Island No. 2. 



44 Zoe Grotti;. 112 Cerulean Vault. 



45 Ice House. 113 Ruined Pass. 



46 Frostod Rock. 114 Chapel. 



47 Snowy Cliffs. 115 Vestry. 



48 Indian Foot-prints. 116 Josephine's Arcade. 



49 Beauty's Bower. 117 The Parsonage. 



50 Queen Mali's Marhle Garden. 117 The Junction. 



51 Fairy Palace. 119 TheLoneChamberorBallRoom. 



52 Wyandotte Potatoes (pehhles). 120 Dry Branch. 



53 The Arm Chair. 121 Island of Confusion, or No. 3. 



54 Lovers' Retreat. 122 Grand View Island, or No. 4. 



55 EwineHall. 123 Sandy Branch and Air Torrent. 



56 Frost King's Palace. 124 Newhall's Forum. 



57 Bowlder Flints. 125 Grosvenor's Avenue. 

 53 Milrqy Tempi) . 126 Gothic Chapel. 

 69 Penelope Grotto. 127 The Gallery. 



60 Ulvsses' Straits. 128 Indian Foot-printe. 



61 Kothrock Cathedral. 129 The Den. 



02 Coons' Council Chamber. 130 Ship on the Stocks. 



03 The Rotunda. 1.1 Crawfish Spring. 



64 Rugged Mountain. 132 Maggie's Grotto. 



65 Cut-.. II. 133 Joseph's Pit. 



66 Counterfeiters' Trench. 134 Lama's Bower. 



67 Starry Hall. 136 Marble Rivulet. 



68 Wyandotte Grand Council Cham. 136 Marble Hall. 



69 The Card Table. 137 Miller's Reach. 



'Entrance 



138 Andrew's Retreat. 



139 Rode Rock No. 2. 



140 The Devil's Elbow. 



141 The Pit. 



142 Langsdale's Basin. 



143 Wash. Rothrock's Island. 



144 Bourbonoi. 



