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HISTORY OF MAURITIUS. 
Dimensions of the Cavern , according to the Measurement of the Marquis 
D ’ Alhergati . 
Fathom. Feet. 
The ground is very dry in all this part of it: there “| The first vault C Height 3 2 
are also several chinks which run along the whole > from the en-< Breadth 5 o 
breadth; the entrancp is east-north-east - J trance - (.Length 22 o 
The subterraneous passage turns to the north-east'J „ , , C TT . , 
one quarter east; the ground is dry. and throughout I Tl l e sec °“ d ™ lt J Height 2 5 
this par. is a kind of ctuseway or parapet about two f * he firs K f ead ' h * 0 
and i half high, &c. - ’ - - j turmn 8 ‘ [Length 68 2 
The vault turns to the east-north-east, and two'') f 
degrees thirty minutes north : at its extremity it has j Third vault from I Height i 5 
but four feet in height, but it rises again within a few )> the second < Breadth * 
fathoms: it is stony and damp, and some small petre- | 
factions are observable in this part of it - J 
The parapets and mouldings continue on the sides ; 
there is also a space of about fifty feet, filled with 
stones, detached from the vault; the passage conti¬ 
nues in a straight line 
It runs on to the north-west quarter north five de- I Fifth vault, third 
grees west - - - f bend 
the 
bend 
th l 
tu j 
Fourth vault 
^Length 48 
J Height 3 
< Breadth 4 
[Length 58 
, f Height 1 
Breadth 
To the north-west quarter north two degrees thirty 1 
ninutes - - - j 
Sixth vault, 
fourth bend 
To the west quarter north two degrees thirty mi¬ 
nutes. - 
(.Length 38 2 
f Height 1 4 
< Breadth 3 3 
l Length 15 o 
Seventh vault, 
fifth bend < ? rcad,h 
(.Length 26 
To the west quarter south-west two degrees thirty | 
minutes west - - - | 
Ejghth vault, 
Sixth bend 
Breadth 3 
(.Length 15 
To the north-west quarter north two degrees thirty 1 Ninth vault, 1 
nne.1, _ J > < Breadth c 
minutes north 
M. de St. Pierre penetrated no farther. 
To the north-west three degrees thirty minutes"! 
west, you are obliged, for one-third of this vault, to I Tenth vault, 
crawl upon the belly; it was formerly of easier f Eighth bend 
(.Length 28 
At the end there are some moist places; and the ( 
vault threatens ruin in two or three parts - j 
Height 2 
Breadth 3 
Length 16 
f Height o 
Eleventh vault < Breadth 1 
(.Length 6 
The whole length 342 2 
