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wide, and varies in height from nine to eighteen feet, the roof being 
formed into irregular arches. Beyond this is the second cave, about 
twenty-eight feet long, and of nearly the same width and height with 
the former. In this cave the stalactitic crust begins to appear, and in 
considerable quantity ; but not in such quantity as in the third cave, 
which is beautifully hung, as it were, with this sparry tapestry. The 
roof now begins to slope downwards ; so that in the next, the last, of 
these caves, it is not above four or five feet in height. In the caves 
forming this first grotto, fragments of bones are found ; and it is said 
that they were as plentiful here as they now are in the interior grottoes. 
The passage into the second gretto is about six feet high and four- 
teen feet wide. This grotto, which extends straight forwards sixty 
feet from the opening, and is about forty feet wide, and at its com- 
mencement about eighteen feet high, would commodiously hold two 
hundred men. Its appearance is rendered remarkably interesting 
from the darkness of its recesses, and from the various brilliant reflec- 
tions of the light from the stalactites with which its roofs and sides are 
covered. The constant drip of water from the roof, and the stalag- 
matic pillars on the floor, assist in perfecting the wonders of the 
scene. In this grotto no search was made for bones, on account of 
the thickness of the sparry crust. 
A low and very rugged passage, the roof of which is formed of pro- 
jecting pieces of rock, leads to the third grotto ; the opening into 
which is a hole three feet high and four feet wide. This grotto is 
more regular in its form, and is about thirty feet in diameter, and 
nearly round : its height is from five to six feet. This grotto is very 
richly and fantastically adorned by the varying forms of its stalactitic 
hangings. The floor is also covered with a wet and slippery glazing, 
in which several teeth and jaws appear to have been fixed. 
From this grotto commences the descent to the inferior caverns. 
Within only about five or six feet an opening in the floor is seen, 
which is partly vaulted over by a proj ecting piece of rock. The descent 
