[ ] 
Caves do emit Water with a wonderful and incredible 
force, and with it fometimes a great quantity of Ducks 
with fomeFifh; whichi my felfobferved in O^toher 1685, 
not without great danger of my Life. I took ray Horfe 
and rid Crofs the Lake, as far as the Hand Vorneky in 
Company with two old experienced Fiflieririenj when 
fuddainly the Cavern in the Mountain SUvenzAy began to 
breath forth mifty Vapours forming a Cloud. Upon 
which my Fifhermen advifed me to make haft, for with- 
out doubt thofe Clouds v/ould produce a Tempeft. They 
had fcarce laid fb, when it began to Lighten and Thun- 
der dreadfully ; and I had difficulty to perfvvade them to 
accompany me as far as the Pitt Velkahobmrzay being de- 
firous to examine what is faid of it, that when it Thun- 
ders the Sound of many Drummers is heard in it. This 
I found three times to fucceed as reported ; and then with 
all the fpeed we could, we hafted to the Hand Velka-Gori- 
zaj not being able to go farther, becaule the Water was 
in many places grown out of our depth, where two hours 
before we had pafTed drie. Here we got one of the little 
Fifher-boats, which when the Lake is drie He difperfed 
here and there on the bottom; and having got in my 
Horfe, we began our Voyage, but had the ill luck toover- 
fet our Boat, and fo were obliged to Swimfor^, and with 
much to do arrived iafe on the other Shore. Then we 
could fee from the other fide that the Water gufhed with 
great hnfeUis out of the Cave Sekadulzcy being caft three 
or four Fathoms, as if it were forced by a Fire-Engmcy 
andfeveral blind Dz/ri'/ were thrown out by the Water. 
It is not to be wondred that the Lake fills lb faft, for con- 
fidering the Violence wherewith the Water ruflies, it is 
as much as a great River ; this Cave Sekadulze, being a 
Fathom wide, and higher than a Man, It is lookt upon 
as a dangerous thing to enter into this Cave, becaufe the 
Water come fo all on a fiiddain, that if it fliouid chance 
to come , it is impoffible to elcape it. 
When 
