Praeterfluebat torrens amnis, terga petra claudebat;  hanc manu perviam incolae fecerant, sed aditu specus accipit lucem, interiora nisi illato lumine obscura sunt.
Near by flowed a torrential river, which a crag in its rear protected;  through this the natives had made artificially a road; but whereas at either entrance a cave receives light, the inner parts are dark unless a light has been carried in.
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