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One of these is the cascade hall where a stream dropps from the ceiling a hundred feet to the floor beneath, & the grand temple an immense rotunda near the termination of this portion of the cave. Numerous avenues branch from this one to great distances the greatest distance from the entrance to the extreme end being about 9 miles. These are of lesser size than the first & seem to bear greater evidence of the action of water than the other portions. Numerous pits, domes & stalactite & stalagmite formations are found & the general direction is a descent until you reach the "river." A stream some thirty feet wide & often as deep running as the poet says "thro' caverns measureless to man down to a sunless sea." -- This region partakes [crossed out: if anything] more of the horrible, dismal & dreary & suggests the memory of the [unclear: unhallowed?] journey of Dante & Virgil, it is a fit place for the wandering & wearied damned & realizes our ideas of Pluto's [unclear]-- one branch of the river is apty named the Styx. The other Echo river, on this you embark the guide acting as oarman Seldom do you encounter such