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from the confusion wild the ledges of rocks tower above one another in grand masses to the ceiling or roof which is nearly flat & appears as tho' laid over this [unclear--chasm chaotic-?] by some cunning architect - beyond impenetrable darkness and all around are scattered the enormous fragments casting shadows of alarming form & magnitude [?] [unclear] seems a bit evidence for gigantic spirits & but little imagination is required to believe their presence, for the form of an immense rock has given it the name of the giant's coffin -- Passing two houses of stone which had been erected for the residence of consumptive invalids who for the sake of a restoration to health were willing to become denizens of this dismal abode for some months, the atmosphere having at one period been supposed beneficial to patients of that [unclear] you arrive at the "Star Chamber" a portion of the main cave which has been thus named from the circumstance of certain crystals or white substances reflected from the [unclear] of the dark mass of the roof giving the idea of a starry sky, the deception is remarkable. -- Beyond the cave increased in rugged & apalling grandness [unclear] the many scenes of great picturesque masses