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Show Ireland' III t'avorn. It has remained for a Frenchman to make the first complete exploration of tho largest cavorn in tho British Islands, Isl-ands, that at Mltchelstowu, Ireland. Tho explorer is Monsieur Marlel, who has recently become famous for his discoveries In tho caverns of Franco. Tho Mltcholstown cavern Is formed in llmestono, nnd Is remarkablo for the number nnd extent of its connected passages pas-sages which, when plotted upon a chart, resemblo tho streots of a city. The length of tho cavo 1b about a mile and a quarter, and it contains some animal inhabitants, including a species of spider, which aro peculiar to It and whlch-havo tholr ontlro exlstonco wltfa-1b. wltfa-1b. its recesses. 'i ' A ti ' V 1 - "" I l" |