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the; plain of assemblage 



L'ndcrwooJ & Undel■^ 



_ "The cliffs rise on either hand, sheer masses of red granite a thousand feet in height, 

 their sides furrowed and seamed with massive buttresses thrust out and tortuous crevices 

 receding; the crests, ragged and crenelated, cutting a fantastic outline against the sky, while 

 so abrupt is the ascent their brows fairly seem to overhang the valley. Far up on the higher 

 crags of the giant ellipse of cliffs the faintly penciled outlines of the huge wooden crosses, 

 with which the monks have sentineled their valley, lie against the deep blue sky, thrusting 

 their message out to all the mountains clustered round about" (see also page 1243). 



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