. The Burton Holmes lectures;. A P I 111 \ < II 3i6 THE WONDERS OF THESSALY and again the lungs of our attendants wake the echoes;this time with a demand that the Meteora elevator be sentdown. A moment later what appears to be a giganticspider slowly lowers itself by a single filature ; it is anempty net hooked to the end of a two-inch rope that isbeing paid out by the monks above. x\t last it dangleswithin reach. Our men, seizing the net, spread it on theground, lay a small rug in the middle of it, and beg the twopassengers to seat themselves upon the rug. Two disap-pointed women, barred f
. The Burton Holmes lectures;. A P I 111 \ < II 3i6 THE WONDERS OF THESSALY and again the lungs of our attendants wake the echoes;this time with a demand that the Meteora elevator be sentdown. A moment later what appears to be a giganticspider slowly lowers itself by a single filature ; it is anempty net hooked to the end of a two-inch rope that isbeing paid out by the monks above. x\t last it dangleswithin reach. Our men, seizing the net, spread it on theground, lay a small rug in the middle of it, and beg the twopassengers to seat themselves upon the rug. Two disap-pointed women, barred from the trip, by a monastic rule,watch us with ^^^^^^j^^^^^^^ much envy as the guides ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^ gather up. LIKE A CAMEL KNEELING THE WONDERS OF THESSALY 317
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