He will see solution so slow that it is measured by tens
of thousands of decades; he will note crystallization so
tedious that he will be driven to madness should he
attempt to compass the years that have passed since the
process began.  Should he question the fossil forms
which sometimes thickly stud the cliffs and ledges along
which he will pass, they might tell to him a story beside
which the wildest creation of the Orient would appear
but as a tale of the nursery. In a thousand ways will
he be impressed with the persistency of Nature's force-
ful methods.  If he be a man accustomed to reflection
he will come to the upper world a wiser man; if he be
of poetic turn the sombre shades through which he has
just passed, the great avenues opening beyond into
regions of infinite gloom, the lovely crystals "of purest
ray serene" that reflect the radiance of his light into
still another corner of eternal darkness, and instead of
revealing its outlines or a new beauty but extends its
bounds, then his fancy will take a new direction and his
poems a different tenor.
   Of all the natural wonders none are more interesting
to the present generation than the wonderful caves and
caverns that are to be found in various localities. The
interest in these subterraneous wonders is attested by
the large number of persons who are constantly visiting
them, and the time and money spent by those of a
scientific turn of mind in studying the rocks, air currents
and animal life that exist in these most interesting



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