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Stalactites atloriKM] the lofty roof, and the whole 

 srcne had by torcli-lifi'lit an inroriceivjilvly oTtind 

 and spleiiilid effect. At scvcml places tlie ground 

 upoB wMoti we walked gave a hollow sound 

 whi^ strud^ and massed o£ di^somftios^ lim^* 

 stone were ahuiidantly mingled with a fine bhbsk 

 earth. Procecdinp; some distance further^ we 

 arrived at the termination.* 



After our tetwm froni exploring tlie gi'eat 

 eiiiei^d the s^toaUi!^ ; \B in ihe 

 diagram ;] its extent is limited, but the stalac- 

 tites within were of oreat heauf}' and variety of 

 forms ; my attention was here attracted by the 

 multitude of small bones np^ingled with dust, 

 wlii«!i lay neat and about the etitrance oitM$ 

 eavetn ; how they came in I his situation merits 

 enrjiiirv. for liere ahjne did I observe tliem . 

 they appeared belonging to some animals of tlic 

 Rodentia family, consisting of skulls and other 



whotef Wisre i» «t pei?Se6fc condition : near the spot 

 I picked up a small mass of stalactite, which ap- 

 peared to have been broken oil' from son^^ por- 

 tion of tiie cavern, but its exact position I could 

 uQt discover, in which Msdl Ikok^^ iiml^ 



« Ftom ^ecoiuiary^ifteBtime oaTfs^ F^k&tB^ sbout 

 one mile and a-lmtf dtstaAt^iWift the riv«](s f iDoIlectiecl hst^ 

 masses of wlmt appears Xa be IbfisU Bat^U* 



