66 THE PEAK OP HERBYSHIRE. , 
roof. Caudles placed among them give some idea 
being lighted up with elegant glass chandeliers ; while . 
sides are entirely incrusted, and brilliant in the estr^^ 
The floor is chequered with black and white spar. . 
altogether, Mr. Hutchln.son observes, the most novel^ 
elegant appearance of any cavern he ever beheld. 
glittering apartment would be left by the visitor^"'' , 
certain degiee of regret, did he not expect to see it 
on his return. - 
- Still continuing a route similar to the one he has 
in the course of which his attention is occasionally aite 
by the curiosities of the place, and by the gentle dropp® 
of' the water, which scarcely break the solemn silent 
the scene, he at length reaches the Grolto of Calypso, j 
the extremity of the cavern, upwiuds ot 2000 feet frotf^ 
entrance. To see this grotto to advantage, he has to ast 
about six feet, into a recess. There, the beautiful apR _ 
ances of the different crystallizations, some of them 
azure cast, and the echoes reverberating from side to 
make him faitcy that he has reached the secluded retrea 
some mythological deity. . a 
Returning by the same path for a considerable dista^ 
another cavern, which branches in a south-western j 
from the one already explored, presents itself. The f « 
here are still more difficult of access, but tlie stala|^ , 
are certainly most beautiful. Many of them, more tl’ , 
yard in length, are pendent from tlie roof, and the 
part do not exceed the dimension of the smallest ^ 
The top and sides of tliis cavern are remarkably sen . 
particularly at the part called the Amphitheatre. In get’^ 
the stone is of a very dark colour, to which the' ttans^^j 
appearances before mentioned, with each a drop of 
hanging at its extremity, tprm a fine contrast. 
SPEEDW-EKL LEVEI,. 
In the Speedwell Level, or Naviuation 
tlie vicinity of Castleton, art has been combined w'it*'j 
.subterraneous woi’.ders of n.atnre. Being provided 
linlits, the guide leads the vidtor beneath an arched ' 
by a flight of 10b step.s, to tlie sov^k or level, where 
is ready for his reception, and which is put in mob'’ 
