The farthest
chamber, 625 fathoms from the entrance, contains a lake of water which
stretches away out of sight under the low roof. (_Taschenbuch fuer die
gesammte Mineralogie_; Leonhard, 1826; B. 2, S. 425. Published as
_Zeitschrift fuer Mineralogie_.)]
[Footnote 117: Pallas, _Voyages_, i. 84.]
[Footnote 118: _Teneriffe_, by Professor Smyth, ch. viii., and Humboldt,
_Voyage aux Regions Equinoctiales_; Paris, 1814; i. 124.]
[Footnote 119: They afterwards discovered smoke issuing from the centre
of this patch of stones; so that volcanic heat may possibly have had
something to do with the disappearance of the snow.]
[Footnote 120: '_Ce petit glacier souterrain_,' Humboldt, l.c.]
[Footnote 121: See p. 272 for an account of the underground glacier in
the neighbourhood of the Casa Inglese.]
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CHAPTER XVI.
BRIEF NOTICES OF OTHER ICE-CAVES.[122]
On the Brandstein in Styria, in the district of Gems, there is an
ice-hole closely resembling some of the glacieres of the Jura. It is
described by Sartori,[123] as lying in a much-fissured region, reached
after four hours of steep ascent from the neighbouring village, through
a forest of fir.
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