stone above to the drainage level below; and
within these limits all the vast labyrinth ex-
tends its ramifications. One of the first
things noticed by the visitor is the strong
current of cool air that flows from the Cave
mouth, frequently too strong to allow the
carrying of lighted lamps until a point is
reached many yards within, where the gale
dies away. As we descend the solid stone
stairway we observe with pleasure a water-
fall that leaps from the ledge, gleams in the
sunlight, and vanishes amid the rocks on
the floor. Around us hang festoons of vines
and ferns, and before us is the noble vesti-
bule to a temple of eternal night. An iron
gate is unlocked for us, put there to prevent
unpaid intrusion and vandal spoliation. Pass-
ing thru, we bid farewell to daylight, and
depended on the simple lamp given each of
us by the guide.-Hovey.


              LOCATION
  Mammoth Cave is halt a mile from Green
River, near the main line of the Louisville
 Nashville Railroad, in Edmonson County,
Kentucky. It is about 90 miles from Louis-
ville, 200 miles from Cincinnati, 188 miles
from Evansville, and 96 miles from Nash-
ville.