The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-08-02

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u sAs ss sS .is had spons nearly eight
mused s Tho eV writ sr. NOTEBOOK in hand. ' '"''
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tho cI name We ga 70 /. The mir outside was ike
bast from IN XS s hhhere was dlfrenGs
cave Sa is and To- out Our clothes we're as Wits
We had tho o from 9 Da o ro bn nna %I
T rS i Te' p 20 taacte ''0p' ""' '
1t was evening eioro 40 were in tim 10 try
tho cave again. mis- time The hole on topot
OF Il miie thoro was, some littIs trouble Sctam.
bling tho that f. bsd pp Sse ~ SS Haa
he s w1rk the morning had taught US maSh
rapidly gonN over, After n quarter of n mile.
however; IN. trouble 6sean sreat chamber
one Side sido OF T Inv room and iooeH moro IESa
VIDE VIDE enough I . squeeze through wen, up q
OF hard work brought us to largo rooms and
broai passages ,Gain. Eod after rod OF state
s y eH"nd marb " paps f. the
and increase tho mystery Of tho great maze.
aud overhead tn. nsand Gli,ssfeninE drops Of
the T" ns Of sna
the shapes OF well-kn own things. ,,u.
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maEnicent DOME ''reas g Snn n face sends
mouth fault in tho gigantic stalactite. and
the h1ary beard simply another s.alactitee
been washed Il dowr into the limestone cracks
But tho face-the beard alone rs long as n
the visago You have an ncomio Portable feeling
that tho old man; who has Ssen there rs long
with no approving glance
hut the. photoErap her planted his camera
told that his face had been taken, The dull
report comes back many times Tor these caves
sn% tbs
great usage n the he pi.lar from ,no
n. pa out this curious fea.ure
the cave At u rough guess 1t is l,5pO ieet be.
Tho GUY .rns aro larger after tile Guardian is
sas: Iow To9% Wiih tic il9sr S Of Sto );
mnn $ shouliers above ihe moor. vas 9 hole: 4
torch thrust through showed only blaGSness
s sHTpsf bottom n1fK three
After c%p p Tope was naad h last TO
%as e Of al hs oshsr emo @a M"s e
inpher let out the rope until the suspended
ono tonnd footh",d Ano , passage n was rs
reach q Ledge in the side OF tho enormous
wall; there no took u picture. His e9mpani9n
floor OF the chamber was n hundred tes :, below.
Tho place was christ neh the Giant. Tongue.
This formation is quite common throughout
tho save. Only hundred feet inside TIC on
trance is another Giants Tongpe-br that is
only miniature one. about four feet long. -,
some clint bling brought US TO the floor. We
counted sixteen nrchways TINT led from it. and
s over e twenty e H feet ens Tie corrd we're
beautiful bur We had seen SO much That we
So on we went for another quarter OF n mile.
There The string gave out t. put st! we vent IN:
ON the Wall II 10 ind our way back urine the
last few hundred yards we had heard the muir
w The oanS
8 rean, ,bu! il ieapeh thirty feet; i nnrdy
Passing by the waterfall a ysritnble grove
make max; out ' the sean Of Water took Some
Beiors US was Il beautiful little lake. with
,na 1esssiisted root BY the esro q
our tol ches. On every hand Elis stoned the Gu
Behini tic pillars tile waterfall roarsl. on
the Other side Of the chamber still larger
feet in every detail, The water tEicklng over
| the rocks during all the years had bullt IT up
! to what We saw-a waterfall frozen in the
midst OF its rushing. Above us Were myriad
| OF bayonet POINTS each tipped With n star. Tor
| the drops OF water caught the light of our
| torches. and showed US a ornament as glorious
| rs that which shone on tho pines half mile
| above our hendS.
! We hated to leave. but our light began to
burn low. andwe hurried back to where we loft
| tho extra torches. bay was breaking when We
reached the mouth of the cave and wet and
hungry as we were. we tumbed into our
| blankets and slept through the day.
! Every day Tor Il week We Went rs lar rs We
| could into the mountain. and yet at the end Of
that time there seemed almost as much yet
| unnNpIored as we had gone over.
| The two vertical divisions of the main cave
| were found exceedingly interesting. though
| hardly as picturesque as the upper cave already
| described.
| Tho 18th OF July was the Inst day spent in the
| cave. On that day the branches OF the upper
| main cavern were taken in SUGGESTION. Travel
| ling was exceedingly diflcut. There seemed
| TO he more water here than anywhere else in
| the cavern, and the passages were smaller and
| rougher than In any other part.