See also:

• ADELSBERG (Slovene Postojina)

ADELSBERG (Slovene Postojina)  , a See also:

• MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market-See also:

• TOWN

town in See also:

• CARNIOLA (Ger. Krain)

Carniola, See also:

• AUSTRIA
• AUSTRIA, LOWER (Ger. Niederosterreich or Osterreich unter der Enns, " Austria below the river Enns ")
• AUSTRIA, UPPER (Ger. Oberosterreich or Osterreich ob der Enns, " Austria above the river Enns ")

Austria, 30 M . S.S.W. of See also:

• LAIBACH (Slovenian, Ljubljana)

Laibach by See also:

• RAIL

rail . Pop . (1900) 3636, mostly Slovene . About a mile from the town is the entrance to the famous stalactite cavern of See also:

• ADELSBERG (Slovene Postojina)

Adelsberg, the largest and most magnificent in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . The cavern is divided into four grottoes, with two lateral ramifications which reach to the distance of about a mile and a See also:

• HALF

half from the entrance . The See also:

• RIVER

river Poik enters the cavern 6o ft. below its mouth, and is heard murmuring in its recesses . In the Kaiser-See also:

• FERDINAND
• FERDINAND (1577-1650)
• FERDINAND (COLOGNE)
• FERDINAND (Span. Fernando or Hernando; Ital. Ferdinando or Ferrante; in O. H. Ger. Herinand, i.e. " brave in the host," from O. H. G. Heri, "army," A. S. here, Mod. Ger. Heer, and the Goth. nan]jan, " to dare ")
• FERDINAND, MAXIMILIAN KARL LEOPOLD MARIA

Ferdinand grotto, the third of the See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain, a See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• BALL (in Mid. Eng. bal; the word is probably cognate with " bale," Teutonic in origin, cf. also Lat. falls, and Gr. 7raXXa)
• BALL, JOHN (1585-1640)
• BALL, JOHN (1818-1889)
• BALL, JOHN (d. 1381)
• BALL, SIR ALEXANDER JOHN, BART
• BALL, THOMAS (1819- )

ball is annually held on Whit-See also:

• MONDAY (in O.E. Monandaeg, the moon's day, a translation of the Late Lat. Lunae dies, from which the French lundi is taken)

Monday, when the chamber is brilliantly illuminated . The See also:

• FRANZ, ROBERT (1815-1892)

Franz-See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph-Elisabeth grotto, the largest of the four, and the farthest from the entrance, is 665 ft. in length, 64o ft. in breadth and more than too ft. high . Besides the imposing proportions of its See also:

• CHAMBERS (the Fr. chambre, from Lat. camera, a room)
• CHAMBERS, EPHRAIM (d. 1740)
• CHAMBERS, GEORGE (1803-1840)
• CHAMBERS, ROBERT (18oz-1871)
• CHAMBERS, SIR WILLIAM (1726-1796)

chambers, the cavern is remarkable for the variegated beauty of its stalactite formations, some resembling transparent drapery, others waterfalls, trees, animals or human beings, the more See also:

• GROTESQUE

grotesque being called by various fanciful appellations . These subterranean wonders were known as far back as 1213, but the cavern remained undiscovered in See also:

• MODERN

modern times until 1816, and it is only in still more See also:

• RECENT

recent times that its vast extent has been fully ascertained and explored . The See also:

• TOTAL

total length of the passages is' now estimated at over 5i M .

The connexion with the Ottokar grotto was established in 18go . The Magdalene grotto, about an See also:

• HOUR

hour's walk to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, is celebrated for the extraordinary subterranean amphibian, the See also:

• PROTEUS
• PROTEUS (Proteus anguinus)

proteus anguinus, first discovered there . It is about a See also:

• FOOT

foot in length, lives on snails and See also:

• WORMS

worms and is provided with both lungs and gills .