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19 I had determined to employ the first morning in visiting the cavern beneath the. The guide recommended my companion myself to set out as early as six o’clock,  we might have the advantage of the  sun upon the waters. We came to the house at the appointed hour, and  ourselves of such garments as we did care to have wetted: descending the ladder, we followed the course of the path along the top of the rubbish of the , which I have already described. pursued this track for about eight, in the course of which we were drenched, we found ourselves close to  cataract. Although enveloped in a cloud spray, we could distinguish without difficulty direction of our path, and the nature of the we were about to enter. Our guide us of the difficulty of respiration which should encounter from the spray, and us to look with exclusive attention  the security of our footing. Thus warned we forward, blown about and buffeted by wind, stunned by the noise, and blinded by spray. Each successive gust penetrated us the very bone with cold. Determined to, we toiled and struggled on, and having the footsteps of the guide as far as was , consistently with safety, we sat down, having collected our senses by degrees, the of the cavern slowly developed. It is impossible to describe the strange