Rambles in the Mammoth Cave, During the Year 1844
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But, be its compo- sition what it may, it is certain its effects upon the spirits aud bodily powers of visiters, are ex- tremely exhilarating ; and that it is not less salu- brious than enlivening. The nitre diggers were a famously healthy set of men ; it w as a com- mon and humane practice to employ laborers of enfeebled constitutions, who w^ere soon restored to health and strength, though kept at constant labour; and more joyous, merry fellows were never seen. The oxen, of which several were ...kept day and night in the Cave, hauling the nitrous earth, were after a month or two of toil, in as fine condition for the shambles, as if fatten- ed in the stall. The ordinary visiter, though rambling a dozen hours or more, over paths of the roughest and most difficult kind, is seldom conscious of fatigue, until he returns to the upper air ; and then it seems to him, at least in the 48 MAMMOTH CAVE.
summer season, that he has exchanged the at- mosphere of paradise for that of a charnel warm- ed by steam — all without is so heavy, so dank, so dead, so mephitic.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But, be its compo- sition what it may, it is certain its effects upon the spirits aud bodily powers of visiters, are ex- tremely exhilarating ; and that it is not less salu- brious than enlivening. The nitre diggers were a famously healthy set of men ; it w as a com- mon and humane practice to employ laborers of enfeebled constitutions, who w^ere soon restored to health and strength, though kept at constant labour; and more joyous, merry fellows were never seen. The oxen, of which several were ...kept day and night in the Cave, hauling the nitrous earth, were after a month or two of toil, in as fine condition for the shambles, as if fatten- ed in the stall. The ordinary visiter, though rambling a dozen hours or more, over paths of the roughest and most difficult kind, is seldom conscious of fatigue, until he returns to the upper air ; and then it seems to him, at least in the 48 MAMMOTH CAVE.
summer season, that he has exchanged the at- mosphere of paradise for that of a charnel warm- ed by steam — all without is so heavy, so dank, so dead, so mephitic.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by [bullitt, Alexander Clark], 1807-1868. [from Old Catalog] to read onlineMoreLess
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