. St. Nicholas [serial] . ll there and were still quite good. Inthe middle of the place where the band played and danced there were quite a good many statues ;every one had their heads cut off. Some of the Greeks had cut them off to sell them to theBritish museum. I think that was quite mean in them to go and spoil the statues because travelersand some of the Greeks themselfs would like to see what the faces were like. We saw Neptuns headonly and another great big hideous head of I dont know whom was right in the middle of themall. I suppose they will chop that head off before long for they ha
. St. Nicholas [serial] . ll there and were still quite good. Inthe middle of the place where the band played and danced there were quite a good many statues ;every one had their heads cut off. Some of the Greeks had cut them off to sell them to theBritish museum. I think that was quite mean in them to go and spoil the statues because travelersand some of the Greeks themselfs would like to see what the faces were like. We saw Neptuns headonly and another great big hideous head of I dont know whom was right in the middle of themall. I suppose they will chop that head off before long for they have chopped off all the place where the band played was made of square stones, most of them were big but in themiddle they were all small. It was a half circle with grass growing up between the middle stoneswhich looked very pretty indeed. We sat in the chairs which the people sat in a long, long timeago. They were built of marble and were very comfortable. Each person had his name put on his Irir^JMLr- - —, -. --Urn1- >^-%-
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