Show ireland a alig cavern it has remained for a frenchman to make the first complete exploration of the largest cavern in the british ands that at mitchelstown Mitchels town ireland the explorer is monsieur martel who has recently become famous for hia his discoveries in the caverns of france the mitchelstown Mitchels town cavern is formed in limestone and is remarkable for the au number aber and extent of its connected pas sages which when plotted upon a chart resemble the streets of a city the length of the cave is about a mile and a quarter and it contains some animal inhabitants including a species of spider which are peculiar to it and which have their entire exi existence tence with in its recesses A frenchman Irenc hman estimates that la in a life of fit y years a man sleeps away 6 daab days and the he rest of the time feeds and busses enet tt I 1 |