CAVES, 



463 



From the pathway of the entrance to the top of the 

 rock above, the measurement is upwards of forty 

 feet. Three or four persons may easily enter 

 abreast ; but no more, as the mouth, though wide 

 enough for admitting a great number, is reniiered 

 inaccessible by a ledge of rocks running partly 

 across. The cave is naturally divided into three 

 grand apartments, out of each of which into the 

 other, the descent is steep, caused also by rocks, 

 prominent and jutting. After a descent of about 

 thirty feet, the first apartment or chamber, displays 

 its greatest height and width; of which it is not an 

 easy matter to form a true estimate, on account of 

 the irregularities in the vault, occasioned by deep 

 searching interstices and low dependent stone. A 

 faint idea of its dimensions may, however, be formed 

 from the following statement. 



An average 





^ Length. 



Width. 



Height. 





Ft. 



Ft. 



Ft. 



First apartment 



90 



S3 



20 



Second do. 



- 96 



40 



20 



Third do. - 



" 93 



16 



17 



Length of the whole cave 1 

 to the waters' edge at v 279 

 the bottom. J 



Breadth of the water - 20 



Total - 1 . 299 



October 12th, in the open air, the thermometer 

 ^tood at 64tleg., at the partition between the firi^t 



