. The Burton Holmes lectures;. THE WONDERS OF THESSALY id the upperare inacces-e. Modestcave-dwellingsvere innum-erable, andat one timethere wereas manyas twenty-four monas-teries, eachone lavishlyndowed andenthroned onan isolatedcrag. Thegeolog-ical forma-tion favored the plansof those early seekers after solitude. The cliffs are com-posed of gray and yellow conglomerate and of ages have been silently at \\ork carving this soft materialinto all sorts of fantastic forms and in hollowing waters of the great lake that once filled the basinthat now is Thessaly, began th
. The Burton Holmes lectures;. THE WONDERS OF THESSALY id the upperare inacces-e. Modestcave-dwellingsvere innum-erable, andat one timethere wereas manyas twenty-four monas-teries, eachone lavishlyndowed andenthroned onan isolatedcrag. Thegeolog-ical forma-tion favored the plansof those early seekers after solitude. The cliffs are com-posed of gray and yellow conglomerate and of ages have been silently at \\ork carving this soft materialinto all sorts of fantastic forms and in hollowing waters of the great lake that once filled the basinthat now is Thessaly, began the work ; rivers constantlydecreasing in volume continued it ; the rains and torrentsthen achieved the delicate detail, and the winds have addedto these sculptured mountains the polish of their passing,and as a result of all this erosion by water, wind, andweather, cliff has been separated from cliff, gulfs deep asmountains have been opened, pillars and columns and pin-nacles have been formed until we are tempted to believe the. A PEASANT AND HIS PET
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