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Excerpt from Mammoth Cave, Ky; An Historical Sketch: Containing a Brief Description of Some of the Principal Places of Interest in the Cave, Also a Short Description of Colossal Cavern Wonderful Mammoth Cave! Wonderful it surely is, grand, weird and yet strangely fascinating. The realm of perpetual silence and everlasting night. Undoubtedly the greatest natural wonder in the western world. Human intellect is unable to realize or estimate the time required by the Almighty Architect of the universe to chisel out this gigantic cavern. The brain reels when one tries to fathom some of the mysteries to be seen on every hand - pits, domes, hills, valleys, pools and rivers are to be found in this strange place, all shrouded in Stygian darkness. This, the largest of all caves, is situated in Edmonson county, about ninety miles south of Louisville, near the main line of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. It is claimed that about one hundred and fifty-two miles of avenues have been explored; hut the tourist visiting the cave only sees those parts that are most easy of access. What is known as the "Long Route" is said to be about fourteen miles in length, and the "Short Route" is about seven miles in length. The average visitor is generally satisfied after traveling twenty-one miles underground; but there are lots of interesting side trips in the cave that are well worth going to see. There are a number of other caves in this vicinity that are well worthy of a visit, if one has the time and inclination to explore them; but none can compare with Mammoth Cave in size. Ganter's Cave is situated on the banks of Green River not far from the Mammoth Cave boat-landing. This is a wonderfully interesting cave, showing marvelous stalactite and stalagmite formations, also beautiful "Colossal Cavern," which is described in the latter part of this book. Volumes could be written about this remarkable cave region of Kentucky, embracing four or five counties where hundreds of caves arc situated, but the author of this little book will confine himself to giving a brief history and description of Mammoth and Colossal Caves, avoiding dry scientific terms and details. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Pełny tytuł: Mammoth Cave, KY; An Historical Sketch
• Podtytuł: Containing a Brief Description of Some of the Principal Places of Interest in the Cave, Also a Short Description of Colossal Cavern (Classic Reprint)
• Autor: John Thompson
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Miękka
• Liczba stron: 52
• EAN: 9781332153794
• ISBN: 9781332153794
• ID: 09821714
• Wydawca: Forgotten Books
• Waga: 82 g
• Wymiary: 229 × 152 × 3 mm
• Data wydania: 04. August 2015

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