, 1881-04-02
THE CAVE OF ADELSBERG.

THE CAVE OF ADELSBERG.
An Underground Wonder OF Southern
A,,.trin-T'l.e weird 1ninGcry Of Its
Nlnxc or Narn t;n11eriea-11ngicC Chnni.
hers of tho Snhtcrrnncnn WorId-
StnInctlteH OC tntgun1cd SplcnAor nnd
CnycrE4 ui Unknown Derf1i.
VtESSA. Ntnrch 1J.--4tt Inst l llAse leisure |
to describe, 50 fur US nl,y description Is possi-
bic, my glimpse Of tho solitary llat1irni "oll'
der which Southern Austria can boast-vlz.:
tbs stalactitc caye Of Adelsi,erg. u night |
marD of Milan Cathedral tIlrllcu ilpstuo
down, or glnnce nt Gllstavc Dore's gtlostIy
vision Ut tho 'fr0zcn circle" OF tlla Inferno,
would convey ciearer islen Of 1t than wltO!e
pages OF tig!,-tlown word-patntng. Though
1t rossesses neither tho mighty exllnliso Df
tho Mammoth Cnye of Kentucky, nor l1lo del
icatc beauty Of tho Nhlo Grotto ut Cnprl
every ,,art Of 1t Is til!el with n stern and
gloomy grandeur which Is lhHescribhbly 1ill-
pressiyc. As early rs your first starting from
Trieste the enchantnent begins. Curve
nftcr curve y1u Wind your why INTO THO liehft
af tile lonely mountains; III, up, ns IL scaling
the very Sky, till after I'LL hour Vt ccaseless
movement yo,, lu0k down tn fitnl yourself
still close above thu town. rs If sell.boallti.
At length WI pass tho station OF st. Peters,
pastcu !Iko pustn1c'sn'''p VI '''o ~. ~
huge black pruclplcc, rattle down into
| o,,iet Itttlo Rim Vnu Wiklc kind Of wiley,
| and halt Mt tiny rctl-roofett village Of tic
| genuine German type, which seems to have
walked bodily out of one Of Moritz Rctzsch's
wonderful ctc..tngs This Is tiu VIllaga Of
| Adclss,crg, and Just nboyo 1t rises tic
"Adnls-l}erg" {noble's lnUlllitAtM) itsGlf,
crowned will. the ruins Of its nnceht castle,
| from Which, II, tlle grim DAYS when might
wns right, so,ue brnwny robber.lsaron,
cr,,al]y proud Of IFS Ignorance Of tho alfabet
full, WAS wont to sally forth a1'u murtIer any
quiet Industrious folk wlo were basa
enough 10 exist Within reach, after tho
las''"l' u tHose sou,1 ~ .'"..s,, '.1 "l 1".t
solrlu people nre 50 fond ol rcRfettlhg' 'ust
behind The elbow Of the castle rock narrow .,
Sn'es, Hr '".uIt iu.s gn sndenlv IN ,"werinr
mountains, e"nl,!e su'"s",s ~ = ~ a,sh
mass of gray cl'li. III tao 1aee OF thss wv
yawns huEc black t"f1'lel, IRON w!i'en
serbs Of frantic lcaps, as II flying hca.l-
long from l''e lerrn,s VI .lie ,' .nis tnn
e q ~, inc satpurcn emgury M to famous srotto
j,se,f. md tho torrent thut issues from II Is
'ii ,t,e HnE Ill lin riv,.r witch has holioweu it
ont. ont ''"' ''''
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