. The Burton Holmes lectures;. EN ROUTE TO MHGASPKLEON 202 GRECIAN JOURNEYS But having seen these holy men at large, we must makethem a visit in their historic stronghold, the largest andmost populous of all the monasteries in the land, the Mon-asterv of Megaspeleon, one of the most remarkable monasticstructures in the world. To reach it we must travel first byrail up through the Diakofto gorge ; and I assure you thatthis railway-ride is not to be a common one. We are to. THK GOKI^K GROWS WIDER AND Wn,l)I-:K ride by rail in places where a mountain-goat would hesitateto risk his shaggy skin. It
. The Burton Holmes lectures;. EN ROUTE TO MHGASPKLEON 202 GRECIAN JOURNEYS But having seen these holy men at large, we must makethem a visit in their historic stronghold, the largest andmost populous of all the monasteries in the land, the Mon-asterv of Megaspeleon, one of the most remarkable monasticstructures in the world. To reach it we must travel first byrail up through the Diakofto gorge ; and I assure you thatthis railway-ride is not to be a common one. We are to. THK GOKI^K GROWS WIDER AND Wn,l)I-:K ride by rail in places where a mountain-goat would hesitateto risk his shaggy skin. It has been well said that modernGreece lacks the necessary, but consoles herself with thesuperfluous. What need is there of a railway in this gorgeof Diakofto ? What profit can there be in operating it ?And to both questions we may answer, There is road, one of the costliest per mile of any ever built,leads whither .^ To a miserable mountain village. It trans- GRECIAN JOURNEYS 203
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