﻿BRIXHAM 
  CAVE. 
  117 
  

  

  two 
  hundred 
  years 
  ago 
  William 
  of 
  Orange 
  

   landed, 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  steep 
  limestone 
  hill, 
  at 
  

   the 
  foot 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  houses 
  

   of 
  the 
  town 
  are 
  built. 
  Close 
  to 
  the 
  summit 
  

   a 
  few 
  years 
  ago 
  a 
  cavernous 
  hollow 
  was 
  

   discovered. 
  It 
  extends 
  a 
  considerable 
  distance 
  

   through 
  the 
  limestone 
  rocks, 
  and 
  no 
  one 
  who 
  

   goes 
  through 
  it 
  can 
  fail 
  to 
  see 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  

   once 
  been 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  a 
  stream. 
  The 
  smooth 
  

   surfaces 
  worn 
  by 
  the 
  long 
  action 
  of 
  running 
  

   water 
  are 
  perfectly 
  preserved, 
  and 
  the 
  rounded 
  

   pebbles 
  which 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  this 
  

   ancient 
  stream 
  are 
  additional 
  evidences 
  of 
  

   the 
  fact 
  Now 
  let 
  any 
  one 
  stand 
  at 
  the 
  

   entrance, 
  or 
  at 
  the 
  exit 
  of 
  this 
  cavern 
  and 
  

   cast 
  his 
  eye 
  on 
  the 
  surrounding 
  landscape. 
  

   Whence 
  can 
  this 
  stream 
  have 
  flowed, 
  and 
  

  

  