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had been a similar painting of another Saint ; chap. 
but part of the stucco, upon which it had v.— v — ' 
been painted, no longer remained. The word 
riAPGENON, written among other indistinct cha- 
racters, appeared upon the wall. The dimen- 
sions of this building were only sixteen feet 
by eight. Its height was not quite twelve feet, 
from the floor to the beginning of the vaulted 
roof. Two small windows commanded a view 
of the river, and a third was placed near the 
altar. Its walls, only two feet four inches in 
thickness, afforded, nevertheless, space for the 
roots of two very large fir-trees, that were 
actually growing upon them. As we advanced 
along the banks of this river, towards its source, 
we noticed appearances of similar ruins ; and 
in some places, among rocks, or by the sides of 
precipices, we observed the remains of several 
habitations together ; as if the monks, who 
retreated hither, had possessed considerable 
settlements in the solitudes of the mountain. 
Our ascent, as we drew near to the source of 
the river, became steep and stony. Lofty 
summits towered above us, in the greatest style 
of u^ I pine grandeur; the torrent, in its rugged 
bed below, foaming all the while upon our left. 
Presently we entered one of the subhmest Source of 
natural amphitheatres the eye ever beheld ; and manucr. 
here our guides desired us to alight. The noise 
