NATURAL BEAUTY OF GLOLA. 93 



All the houses m Ootsara are of a tem- 

 porary character, capable of bemg transported 

 {i.e. what is perishable of them) to warmer 

 climes for the nine months of snow, during 

 which the village is deserted, and indeed 

 buried. Thanks to its mineral sj)rings and 

 delightfully cool temperature, it is rather a 

 favourite resort durino- the three hot months 

 of the summer ; but ruins of rock, patches of 

 shattered forest, and a huge collection of 

 debris near the river, told a story of the fury 

 of storm and avalanche to which it is subject 

 in winter. 



To say that the scenery on the road to 

 Glola is beautiful would be mere repetition. 

 Wherever you have pine forests, mountains, 

 and a rapid mountam river rushing through 

 all, the scenery must necessarily be beautiful, 

 and these elements of natural beauty you 

 have everywhere along the road from Kutais 

 to Gebi. But for all that the villasfe of Glola 



