Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1870-12-30
4 New Zealand Cayern-What Was
Found i'm It.

About SIX or seven years ago, Mr..
Richard Todd, government surveyor at
Raglan, while walking on the shore at
the south head, and being close under
the mountain called Karuni, discovered,
among large number of immense boul-
ders, one that was very beautifully carved.
1t had the appearance, said Mr.. Todd, of
having been executed very great num-
Der of years. Two stone chisels and an
| axe-handle were found close to it.
Owing to the encroachment of the sea,
and action of the tide, this immense
boulder had been displaced from its
original position, and disclosed the en-
trance to most wonderful cavern run
| ming a very great distance under the
mountain. On this discovery being made
known to the settlers by the natives,
themselves with lamps and torches,
penetrated the cavern for at least half a
mile, and were obliged to turn back,
they having commenced their research
too late in the day. The cavern has been
described as most wonderful one, very
lofty, apparently in places 200 feet high,
with immense stalactites, which seemed
to be 40 or so feet in length, and which
had very grand appearance, from the
reflection of the lights. The party were
completely wet through from the drip
ping of water from the roof. At about
half the distance they traversed very
large and curiously- shaped rock, it hav-
ing the appearance of a large altar, seven
steps, about two feet six inches high,
forming the approach to the table or
altar. From the foot of this rock, very
powerful stream of water wells up with
great force-it apparently having sub
| terranean passage. The cavern at this
spot is described as being 80 feet wide.
AT this spot were discovered the bodies
of 81 Maoris, all being in perfect state
of preservation, in fact, petrified into
stone, even their mats having undergone
the same process. The parties who
placed these bodies there must have
evidently been aware of the properties
of the dripping water. There is a native
settlement close by the spot, and some
very old natives live there.
Is THERE ANYTHING IN BLOOD ?-The
men of science are investigating the
| difference between the blood of different
races. 1t seems that the bod of the
Bengalese contains fewer red corpuscles
than the blood of the European. 1t has
long been held that the presence of
blood corpuscles is governed by the
grade of the physical organization, and
that they mark one of the most import
ant physical distinctions between the
sexes.
DR.. Bird, of India, attributes the soft,
enervated nature of the Bengalese to
the condition of his blood, and attrib-
utes to it the condition OF easy subjec-
ton in whidh he has been so long held
by the lusty, rich-blooded Englishman.
"The inhabitants of swamps and jun
gles," he says, are necessarily of lower
organization than those of breezy and
well-cultivated uplands." Arguing
from this we may come to believe that
moral excellence depends great deal
upon physical developments, and that
those who desire to preach true religion
should look well to the muscles and
sinews OF their focks. And so it may
come to pass that muscular Christianity
is the highest type of spiritual and mus
| cular excellence.