Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-08-28

safety; but if he is rash enough TO neglect
this precaution he may rest assured that
his fate, if he be not sought for by out
side friends, viii be that which awaited
Grain and Merrifeld, and which over
took the poor mortal whose bones lie
scattered in the little room some six
miles further on.
Leaving the circular room, the way
again becomes very rocky and steep, de-
scendiDg at an angle of about thirty
degrees, and not more than four feet
high. Gradually the way lessons until
there is barely room for one to crawl
along on his hands and knees. At
length. after traversing about two hun
dred feet in this way, the tired explorer
emerges into a most beautiful avenue
about one thousand feet IN length.
Through it runs a stream of water with
sufficient force and in sufficient volume to
produce water power for an ordinary
-four mill. Where this stream of water
goes can not tell. 1t disappears
through ''Hole in the Wall" and we
see no more of it. At the end of
this avenue are several passages, leading
off in different directions. Tying our
selves to another ball of Irvine we started
resolutely on through the largest opening.
After passing through several rooms
varying in dimensions from twenty to
eighty feet square, and after using up
several more balls of Irvine, we came to
one of the grandest natural caverns ever
dreamed of by man. 1t made one think
of the day of the Arabian Nights, and
some of the caverns into which Aladdin
penetrated. Rising in majestic splendor
from floor as smooth as slate, columns
of rock stand more than a hundred feet
high, supporting roof which glistened
like shimmering steel as the light from
our huge torches lit up the inclosure
This room was some eight hundred or
nine hundred feet in breadth, and ap-
peared to be fully one thousand feet in
length. Opening from this huge, nigh
ty room are many smaller ones, as though
fitted up for bedrooms for the COLLINS,
which one almost expects to see start
ing out from the shadow of the huge
pillars. In one of these rooms, a small
one at the further side, over against the
passageway through which we had come,
are scattered the bones of what at one
time certainly was human being. and
a dog. The bones of the human body
are scattered and many gone. The hui
merus, femur, bones of the skull, part
of the tibia, and teeth were plainly re-
cognized as those of large person.
Maybe some Indian hunter and his dog
sought refuge from a storm, and, losing
their way, persisted, miserably. Who
knows?
Leaving this apartment the curious
seeker for knowledge goes on and still
further down. No marked change from
that which has been seen is to be met
with, and after travelling through these
strange, silent passages, situated a mile
beneath the surface of the ground, for
eight miles or more, and spending eleven
hours in them, tired and sore, we return,
pausing only long enough to engrave
our names in the soft sandstones piled
prOmiscuously around. All vainglorious
mortals do this, we presume, and, as it's
just the thing, of course we do so too.
This cave is without doubt one of the
most wonderful in the world. 1t is
situated about ten miles southeast of
Uniontown, and is visited by many curl
osity-seekers, who can be guided to the
entrance at the top of the mountain by
any Of the jewellers at Fairchance Fur
mace, Fayette county, Pa.