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Excerpt from Wonders of the Great Mammoth Cave of Kentucky: Containing Thorough and Accurate Historical and Descriptive Sketches of This Marvelous Underground World, With a Chapter on the Geology of Cave Formation Chapter I. Is principally historical, and con tains sketches of the discovery of the cave, the manufacture of saltpeter within its avenues, animal and vegetable life within the cave, the hotel, ownership, life-tenants and heirs of the Mammoth Cave estate. Chapter II. Is descriptive, and contains sketches of the scenes in routes one and two combined. One of the most sublime of these scenes is the famous Star Chamber. Chapter III. Is also descriptive, and contains descriptions of the scenes in routes three and four combined. In this chapter is included the description of the boat ride on Echo River, and the sublime effect of its wonderful and marvel ous echoes. Chapter IV. Is geological, containing brief accounts of the processes by which the earth's crust has been formed, and the chemical proc esses of cave-making in limestone regions. 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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