Project Gutenberg 2005-07-06 Public domain in the USA. 142 Bullitt, Alexander Clark 1807 1868 Rambles in the Mammoth Cave, during the Year 1844 By a Visiter Reading ease score: 59.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Aaron Reed and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Rambles in the Mammoth Cave, during the Year 1844" by Alexander Clark Bullitt is a descriptive travel narrative written in the mid-19th century. The work serves as an account of the author's explorations of the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, highlighting not only the natural beauty of the cavern but also the various routes and accommodations available for visitors. It encapsulates the spirit of adventure prevalent in the era, giving readers a vivid glimpse into one of nature's wonders and its potential therapeutic benefits. The opening of this volume introduces the Mammoth Cave and its surroundings, detailing the routes travelers would take to reach this natural wonder from nearby cities. It describes the cave's gargantuan dimensions, with insights into the various rooms and formations within, such as the Grand Vestibule and Audubon Avenue. The author paints a scenic picture of the journey leading to the cave's entrance, the delightful accommodations nearby, and the initial explorations inside, accentuating the awe-inspiring figures of stalagmites and stalactites along the way. There is an emphasis on the cave's unique atmosphere, said to have restorative properties, hinting at the therapeutic retreats it offered to visitors of the time suffering from ailments. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Bullitt, Alexander Clark, 1807-1868 Mammoth Cave (Ky.) F396 Text Geology Browsing: History - American Browsing: Science - Earth/Agricultural/Farming Browsing: Travel & Geography 152225 151096 2024-11-07T09:17:22.735931 2023-09-07T10:07:25.369968 text/html text/html 148786 2020-12-11T21:10:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 55279 2020-12-11T21:10:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 149244 2024-11-07T09:17:29.911921 application/epub+zip 151571 2024-11-07T09:17:26.578892 application/epub+zip 113484 2024-11-07T09:17:25.207915 application/epub+zip 363516 2024-11-07T09:17:32.319916 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348498 2024-11-07T09:17:29.060997 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162614 2022-08-08T03:59:02.432238 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 138945 138862 2024-11-07T09:17:22.221921 2023-09-07T10:07:24.978964 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 138881 2020-12-11T21:10:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 53423 2020-12-11T21:10:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 138880 2020-12-11T21:10:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 53409 2020-12-11T21:10:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21926 2024-11-07T09:17:32.456887 application/rdf+xml 23018 2024-11-07T09:17:25.761032 image/jpeg 4791 2024-11-07T09:17:25.486906 image/jpeg 148448 2024-11-07T09:17:22.749937 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog