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Show VAST CAVCS IN ENGLAND. I Scientific Invettleatlen of Thest In . the Mtneip Hills. "ftrelaeo'osy" la selentlfle cava hnntlng. There li a society for thru pnrroae with aradmivrtera In Parlt whlth rec nlly Iniem.iitid the eaves In the Vendlp hlila In England Theae raves are of vast extent, perforating two msMfi of llr.e-tene, l)lng on either aide nf a core of old red rand-Irne, rand-Irne, firming the r"nter of the Men-dlra. Men-dlra. Some are "wallt htilea," ate sorbins rivers, othrr stslartlto rav-erna. rav-erna. Ore, called Wookey "jile, marks Ihe emergence, In Ihe form nt th river Axe, of two streams "awal-InweJ" "awal-InweJ" sim miles away. One nt thcap awallrls Is fOn feel deep. Another An-other cive. called Kwlldon's hole, la draped with w-e'ths and festoons ft ,-ure wtiite siiiariue iaihih 1 air, nn the northern aide of Ihe h lit. It tho mnt n'liMilfY'nt atvlaellte evv-em evv-em In nrpit 1'rltaln. while aillnlig Wikey hole annther enamher hat U"t l.cn (nnil with 1.M0 n ilietlto rendanla, nil of daxrllrg wllli-nras The fai'-mis airing which gives Its name tn 1'ie tnwn nf Wells Is believe 1 In enrre thrtu-,i hidden paverns frura the higher I arts nf Hip Mendiis. |