. The Burton Holmes lectures;. the Air. Thev are accessible from the village of Kalabaka, thenorthern terminus of the Thessalian Railway. The rockyheights that rise above the village may be likened to theextremity of a mighty glacier of gray conglomerate that hasits source ainiil the snows of Higli ()lyiiipus, in the east,flows westward in a broadeninij llooil until it breaks and u ^^ - \ V Vjl THE GATE OF THESSALY 278 THE WONDERS OF THESSALY melts into the plain of Thessaly. Green, fertile wavescaress the cold gra\ cliffs, or break against the walls of therock glacier ; hamlets and villages,
. The Burton Holmes lectures;. the Air. Thev are accessible from the village of Kalabaka, thenorthern terminus of the Thessalian Railway. The rockyheights that rise above the village may be likened to theextremity of a mighty glacier of gray conglomerate that hasits source ainiil the snows of Higli ()lyiiipus, in the east,flows westward in a broadeninij llooil until it breaks and u ^^ - \ V Vjl THE GATE OF THESSALY 278 THE WONDERS OF THESSALY melts into the plain of Thessaly. Green, fertile wavescaress the cold gra\ cliffs, or break against the walls of therock glacier ; hamlets and villages, like fleets of little fishing-boats are lifted by the verdant tide and seem to pause amoment near the ragged coast, before the reflux draws themdown again. Two or three daring little crafts have venturedeven into the yawning fissures or steep-walled inlets, hol-lowed by the beating sea. The wonder is that all is immo-bile, for the evidencesof wave-action are soinsistent that we expectto see the flood hurledback by the imposing. tween tempes walls
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