Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1843-12-29

dark urid and terrific the throat of the Internal
pool"
AS you pass along, you hear the roar Of invis-
lille waterfalls, and at the foot Of the slope the
river Styx lies before you deep and black, over
arched with rock. The first glimpse of il brings
to mind the descent of Ulysses into he'll,
"where the dark rock oorhangs tho Internal lake,
And mnglng streams eternal murmurs make"
Across these unearlhly waters, the guide can
convey but two passengers at once and these sit
motioness in the canoe, with feet turned apart, so
as not 10 disturb the balance. Three lamps are
fastened to the Prov, the images of which are re-
Elected in the dismal pool.
lfyou are impatient of delay, or eager for new
adventures, you can leave your companions lin
gering about the Shore and the Styx by n
dangerous bridge of precpices overhead. In cr-
der to do this, you must ascend q steep cliff and
enter cave above, from mn egress of which you
find yourself on ihe bank OF the river eighty feet
above its surface, commanding u view of those
passing in tho boat, and those waiting on the
shore. Seen from this height, the lamps in the |
canoe glare like fiery eye.bals: and the passen- |
! gers sitting there 80 hushed and moonless ooh |
like shadows. The scene is so strangely funeral |
! and spectral that it seems rs If the Greeks must |
have Witnessed it, before they imagined Charon
! conveying ghosls to Tho dim regions of Pluto
Your companions, thus seen, do indeed,
"skim along the dusky glades
Thin, airy shoals and visionary shades"
If you turn your eye from the canoe 10 The
parties of men and women whom you left wait
| ing on the Shore you will see them, by the CLEAN
| OF their lamps scattered in picturesque groups,
| looming out in hold relief from the dense darkness
around them
When you have passed tho Styx, you soon
meet another stream, appropriately called Letle.
The echoes here are absolutely stunning. sin
gle voice sounds like powerful choir and could
an organ he played, it would deprive the hearer
of his senses. When you have crossed you enter
n high, level hail, named the Great Walk half n
mil MI ir hrIp vOI IN
the Jordan. In crossing this, the rocks in one
! place descend 80 low, as TO leave only eighteen
inches for the boat TO pass through. Passengers
are obliged to double up and lie on each others
shoulders, .i this gap is passed. This unc0tniort-
able position 49, however, OF short duration, and
you suddenly emerge 70 where the vault OF the
cave is more than hundred feet high. In the
fall OF the year, this river often rises almost instan-
taneously over fifty feet above low water mark
: phenomenon supposed TO he caused by heavy
) rains from the upper earth, On this account, au-
tunIn is an uufavorable season for those who wish
to explore the cave throughout If parties hap
pen TO be caught the other side OF JOrlau
when II sudden rise takes plnce, boat conveys
lleni on the swollen wntets, TO the level OF an
upper cave, low that they obliged to enter
on hands Al Il knees, and crawl through This
place Is called Purgatory. People on The other
v slde aware Of their danger, have boat in read-
q ness 10 receive them.
, The guide usually siagI while crossing the Jor-
| u
o swee; echoes. The only animals ever found in
the ave are fish, with which this stream nhounds.
T. They are perfectly white aud without eyes; at
- least they have been subjected 10 careful scenli-
# fic examination, and organ similar TO an ey 9
:, can lie discovered. IL would indeed be n useless
n npuendage 10 creatures that dwell forever in Gin.
nerinl darkness But, as is usual, The acuteness
" of one sense is Increased Ivy the absence Ut ano-
Is Their These fish are undlsurbed by the most
q powerful glare OF igh, but they are alarmed VI
,I,o aIrlt, nd il &c H.,
i, lore exceedingly dilhcut TO catch them.
le nc ,snrs OF Mammoth Cave were never cross
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