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feet deep, and is the resort of myriads of bats. The Grand 

 Gallery is a vast tunnel many miles long, and fifty feet high, 

 and as wide. At the end of the first quarter of a mile is 

 found the Kentucky Cliffs and the Church, 100 feet in dia- 

 meter, and 63 feet high. A natural pulpit and organ-loft 

 are not wanting. " In this great high temple of nature, re- 

 ligious service has been frequently performed, and it requires 

 but a slight effort to make the speaker heard." The Gothic 

 Avenue is reached by a flight of stairs, and is forty feet wide, 

 fifteen high, and two miles long. The ceiling is smooth and 

 white. Mummies have been discovered here, which have been 

 a subject of curious study to science. In the Gothic Avenue 

 are stalagmites, stalactites, also Louisa's Bower and Vulcan s 

 Furnace. On the walls of the Register Rooms are inscribed 

 thousands of names. The Gothic Chapel is " one of sur- 

 prising grandeur and magnificence : and when brilliantly 

 lighted up by the lamps, presents a scene inspiring the be- 

 holder with feelings of solemnity and awe." At the foot of 

 the DeviVs Arm Chair is a small basin of sulphur water. 

 Here we have Napoleon's Breastwork, the Elephant's Head, 

 Lover's Leap, Gatewood's Dining Table, and the Cooling Tub 

 — a basin six feet wide and three deep of the purest water, 

 Napoleon's Dome, &c. 



The Ball Room contains an orchestra fifteen feet high ; 

 near by is a row of cabins for consumptive patients, the 

 atmosphere being always temperate and pure. The Star 

 Chamber presents an optical illusion. " In looking up to 

 the ceiling, the spectator seems to see the firmament itself 

 studded with stars, and afar off a comet with bright tail." 

 We pass over the Salts Rooms, Black Chambers, Fairy 

 Grotto, §•£., and come to the Temple. 



" The temple is an immense vault, covering an area of two 

 acres, and covered by a single dome of solid rock, one hun- 

 dred and twenty feet high. It exceeds in size the cave of 

 Staffa, and rivals the celebrated vault in the grotto of Anti- 

 paros, which is said to be the largest in the world. In pass- 

 ing through, from one end to the other, the dome appears to 

 follow the sky, as in passing from place to place on the 

 e irth. In the middle of the dome there is a lar^e mound of 



