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to be seen on the mountain-slopes numerous »ruin villages», fantastic pillars, cones 
and ruin-like rocks, cliffs which have remained when the denudation wore away 
Fig. II. Details from the yrnin-villaget ?iear Stephens Peak. 
parts of the sandstone (Fig. 1 1). It is possible that these fanciful »ruin-villages» 
have been carved out during postglacial times, but supposing they are older they 
