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He sends his flour packed up in barrels to Richmond, and even 
to Baltimore. The industrious Mohler has connected with his 
grist-mill, a saw-mill, and a mill to break flax, which is likewise 
cultivated, though not in a large quantity ; this year, on account 
of the dryness, it has failed. 
The entrance of the cave is about a mile and a half from 
Mohler’s house, and is situated in the middle of a steep side of 
a mountain on the bank of the South river. We crept down 
the hollow, every one provided with a taper, and came directly 
into a space where we could stand up; there were some beautiful 
stalactites, mostly in columns. This place is called the anti¬ 
chamber. Then we arrived at a hall called dragon’s room, from 
a stalactite, which is said to have the form of a dragon. Several 
of the stalactites are not unlike waterfalls; one of them is called 
Niagara Falls. 
The following gallery is called the Devil’s gallery, from a 
figure standing in it; yet I found in this figure more resemblance 
to a statue of the virgin, than to that of a devil. 
A whole stratum of the stalactites detached from the roof of the 
cavern, was as it were, suspended between heaven and earth, and 
afforded a fine view, especially as a new formation of stalactites 
took place between the roof and the suspended stratum. 
A narrow hollow passage leads into a more spacious cavern 
called Solomon’s Temple; here are very singular and mostly fo¬ 
liated transparent stalactites, hanging from the roof down to the 
floor. Not far from that cavern is another, named hide-room, in 
which the stalactites hang down in form of hides in a tannery. 
Then we came into another vault, which is called the drum-room, 
because if a stone is thrown against the stalactites, they give a 
sound resembling that of a drum. Some of the stalactites having 
the form of sticks, and ranged in circles, produce all the sounds 
of an octave, if struck with a stick. You pass afterwards through 
a narrow passage, by an opening, which looks like an antique tomb 
in ruins, and is called Patterson’s grave, in commemoration of an 
individual of that name who fell in there. By means of a rather 
rotten ladder, you come now into a very high smooth saloon, 
eighty feet long, called the ball-room, in which benches are 
placed; I was told that visitors having ladies with them, enter¬ 
tained themselves here very often with dancing. Then you as¬ 
cend another ladder, and creep on all fours through a narrow 
hollow, which has been partly enlarged by a mine, when you ar¬ 
rive at a natural, but very slippery staircase, called Jacob’s lad¬ 
der, which you descend; then passing through a harrow dungeon,, 
you get into a more spacious room, named Senate-chamber, when 
by means of a rotten ladder you reach a long gallery, called 
Washington-hall, from a large stalactite standing in the middle 
