Photo by Carroll S. Aldeii 

 THE MONASTERY OF MEGASPEIv^ON SEEN FROM A DISTANCE, SHOWING THE VERDANT 



GARDENS AT ITS EOOT 



. "On retracing the path leading to the valley, I turned and caught my last glimpse of the 

 monastery, in the distance no longer dirty and dilapidated, but thoroughly picturesque as it 

 hung half way up the cliff like a huge swallow's nest" (see page 323). 



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