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whofe vertex points to thofe that impend from the 
roof. 
A fpedtator, viewing thefe, cannot but conceive 
himfelf in the mouth of a huge wild bead:, with ten 
thoufand teeth above his head, and as many under 
his feet. The fcene is indeed both pleading and awe- 
ful ; the candles burning dim, from the moifture in 
the air, juft ferved to (hew a fpangled roof perpetually 
varnifhed with water, in fome places upwards of 
20 yards high; in other places we crawled on all-four, 
through cells that will but admit one at a time. 
After having fcrambled about 500 yards into this 
(which I will beg leave to call the) right-hand part of 
the cave, we returned to day-light, and then proceeded 
to view the left-hand part. Here, as our guides in- 
formed us there were many different branches of the 
cavern, we tied one ball of pack-thread to another, 
as we went forward, that we might more eafily find 
our way back. This branch is not fo horizontal as 
the other ; it inclines downwards, and the openings 
in it are vaftly wider, fome being at leaft 100 yards 
wide, and above 50 high. A fmall rill accompanied 
us, which, by its different falls, formed a fort of rude 
harmony, well fuited to the place. In a ftanding 
part of this brook, and near a quarter of a mile from 
the entrance, we found the bones of a hundred at 
leaft of the human race; fome were very large, but when 
taken out of the water, they crumbled away. As we 
could find nothing like an infcription, or earth for a 
burying- place, we conjeftured that fome of the civil 
wars, perhaps that of 1641, might have driven the 
owners of thefe bones into this place. The tradition 
of the neighbourhood threw no light upon it. 
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