. The Burton Holmes lectures;. LIKE A CAMEL KNEELING THE WONDERS OF THESSALY 317. THE CAVES IN THE CI,11 1 the edges of the net, assemble them above our heads, andpass the loops over the big iron hook that dangles at tiieropes end, like an inverted interrogation point, marking theall-absorbing question, What if the rope should break?Oh, the creepy feeling of that moment of departure !1-^irst, the net about us tightens, our knees are pressed in andnp. our elbows tiruiU [nimrd to our si(lt\s, then our two 3i8 THE WONDERS OF THESSALY heads are forced together with a crack, then our bodies beginto

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. The Burton Holmes lectures;. LIKE A CAMEL KNEELING THE WONDERS OF THESSALY 317. THE CAVES IN THE CI,11 1 the edges of the net, assemble them above our heads, andpass the loops over the big iron hook that dangles at tiieropes end, like an inverted interrogation point, marking theall-absorbing question, What if the rope should break?Oh, the creepy feeling of that moment of departure !1-^irst, the net about us tightens, our knees are pressed in andnp. our elbows tiruiU [nimrd to our si(lt\s, then our two 3i8 THE WONDERS OF THESSALY heads are forced together with a crack, then our bodies beginto sag, and mine sags more than the other fellows. Thepressure of the earth has ceased ; there comes a sense oflightness, of cramped airiness ; then we begin to turn, roundand round, slowly at first, then faster, then we sway to andfro. The earth drops gradually away ; the voices of our

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