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entrance. There is an entrance, however, to one portoentaan 
a field about three hundred yards from the road. 
I had been told before visiting the spot that it was possible to 
penetrate several hundred yards under ground; that there was a 
large entrance, into which a man could walk upright; and that 
the floor was paved with bones. Persistent inquiry and search did 
not reveal this entrance, so we were compelled perforce to take 
what we could find. This was a hole in the ground, descending 
perpendicularly some six or eight feet. At the bottom was an 
opening under a projecting ledge of rock. Once inside, there was 
found a narrow descending passage. It was about two and a-half 
feet high at first, and about twenty feet from the mouth opened 
out into a cavity about large enough to turn around in. At one 
side was a slight depression, and then roof and floor met. At 
another side was a small opening about a foot high, through which, 
by patient, snake-ike movement it wus possible to crawl. Beyond 
this was another slight enlargement, also of sufficient size to turn 
around in, and that was all. At one side was a funnel-shaped 
cavity about two feet in diameter and of the same depth, with a 
hole at the bottom. This had been made, apparently, by water 
running in from above. All around floor and roof came together, 
except that at one side was an opening too small to attempt a pas- 
sage. This was the extent of the cave. The floor was of dried mud, 
which becomes converted into a mass of sticky clay in wet 
weather. 
It is probable that at one time the cave had considerable extent. 
About the mouth or entrance are many huge fragments of rock 
which have fallen as the earth has been washed away below. That 
these have not fallen very recently is shown by the presence of 
trees of considerable size, and of from fifty to seventy-five years 
growth, close to one of the fallen masses. Probably also before 
the cultivation of the land above, the cave was readily accessi- 
ble. But the washing in of earth has gradually filled up the pass- 
ages and the most of the cavity. Formerly, it is said, there were 
a number of places where it was easy to enter. These have been 
stopped up with dirt and stones, partly to prevent cattle from fall- 
ing into them, partly to enable the land to be cultivated. 
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