512 JOURNEY ACROSS THE PANDUA HILLS, &c. 



Numerous passages were left to the right and left — and several singular 

 fissures were apparent in the rock at different elevations. The mountain 

 appears to be perforated, in all directions, like a honey-comb. In one place, 

 day-light is visible through the roof at a great height. We now retraced 

 our steps to the mouth of the Cave, which we reached at three o'clock. 

 The thermometer outside the Cave stood at sixty-eight degrees, under 

 the shade of the trees with which the entrance is surrounded — inside, it 

 rose to seventy-four degrees — the air, however, was not close, or disagreea- 

 ble, indeed a free circulation evidently takes place. I was, on the whole, 

 much pleased and gratified by the excursion — the Cave is certainly a 

 wonderful natural curiosity, and much resembles the drawings of the 

 famous Cave of Antiparos, in the Levant. Its full extent has not yet been 

 ascertained — tradition says, it joins the subterranean passages of the 

 Seraglio of Pekin ! We paced the distance, and took bearings, and found 

 we had gone nearly a mile before we turned. An abrupt and deep preci- 

 pice obstructs the road a little beyond where we turned, and further than 

 this has not yet been explored. It would be curious to follow it up, and 

 trace out all its ramifications — an opening might very probably be found 

 on the opposite face of the mountain. Also to ascertain the existence, or 

 otherwise, of organic remains in the muddy soil. 



Latitude of Nanklow, 25° 40' 30' N. 



Longitude, _. 91° 32' 0" E. 



Range of the Thermometer at Nanklow. 



From 23d to 31st May, thermometer varied from 67° 4' to 75° 7'. 

 From 1st to 14th June, „ „ 68° 6' to 72° 5'. 



