. The Burton Holmes lectures;. GRECIAN JOURNEYS 215. IN THE BELL TOWER larger than wethought couldpossibly exist insuch a place asthis. We arevery cordially re-ceived by threeor four old fath-ers, after whichthey consider-ately leave us toourselves. Andwe have need ofrest, for the ap-proach to Me-gaspeleon hasresulted in greatphvsical fatigue and greater mental pertur-bation. It takes the traveler an hour or two to collect hissenses, to convince himself that he is not dreaming, that thesestartling things are real, and that he is living, not in theninth or tenth, but in the nineteenth century.

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. The Burton Holmes lectures;. GRECIAN JOURNEYS 215. IN THE BELL TOWER larger than wethought couldpossibly exist insuch a place asthis. We arevery cordially re-ceived by threeor four old fath-ers, after whichthey consider-ately leave us toourselves. Andwe have need ofrest, for the ap-proach to Me-gaspeleon hasresulted in greatphvsical fatigue and greater mental pertur-bation. It takes the traveler an hour or two to collect hissenses, to convince himself that he is not dreaming, that thesestartling things are real, and that he is living, not in theninth or tenth, but in the nineteenth century. Meantime,rooms in the great house on the right have been assignedto us, and the freedom of the kitchen granted to our guideand cook. Then later two or three old monks come out towelcome us in the name of the Higoumenos or old fellows, every one of them. Here at last we findthe old Greek type, men of imposing dignity, with long graybeards, long hair, long robes, and an air of superiority that isfull of kindness, simplicity, and supreme co

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