Dóbsina Jegbarlang. Described in Part I., page 13. (Pelech; _The Valley
of Stracena and the Dobschau Ice Cavern_; Schwalbe, _Über Eishöhlen und
Eislöcher_, page 31.)--Pelech gives the following measurements: The
Grosser Saal is 120 meters long, 35 meters to 60 meters wide, and 10
meters to 11 meters high, with a surface area of 4644 square meters.
The ice mass is estimated as 125,000 cubic meters in volume. The length
of the Korridor is 200 meters; the left wing being 80 meters, and the
right wing 120 meters long. The cave was first entered on July 15th,
1870, by Herr Eugene Ruffiny, of Dóbsina, and some friends. He had
happened to fire a gun in front of it, and hearing a continuous muffled
rolling echo within, determined to explore it.
Dr. Schwalbe quotes the following series of observations in Dóbsina
during the year 1881:
DEEPEST POINT FROM KORRIDOR
ENTRANCE. GROSSER SAAL. OF KORRIDOR. TO KLEINEN SAAL.
January -2.2° -4.2° -2.2° -0.6°
February -1.2° -3.4° -1.9° -0.3°
March -1.4° -2.1° -0.9° -0.2°
April -0.25° -1.25° -0.7° +0.3°
May +0.7° +0.9° -0.5° +0.5°
June +1.0° +1.5° -0.5° +0.5°
July +1.8° +2.1° +0.2° +1.1°
August +3.4° +3.8° +0.24° +0.80
September +2.00 +2.3° -0.3° -0.15°
October -0.2° +0.2° -0.5° -0.2°
November -1.3° -1.9° -0.6° -0.3°
December -2.2° -3.2° -0.65° -1.75°
------ ------ ------ ------
Year +0.04° -0.44° -0.69° -0.02°
The Philadelphia _Evening Bulletin_, March, 1st, 1899, printed the
following note about Dóbsina: "In this cave, some sixteen years ago,
a couple named Kolcsey elected to pass the week immediately following
their marriage. They took with them a plentiful supply of rugs,
blankets and warm clothing, but notwithstanding all precautions,
their experience was not of a sufficiently pleasant nature to tempt
imitators."
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