According to their Years.
At Montterrat, a mountain 24 miles southwest of Barcelona, is a monastery composed of 13 hermitages, which are accessible only by steps hewn out of the steep rock. The youngest monks occupy the highest, at an elevation of 3000 ft to 4000 ft. They are supplied with provisions by mules trained for tho purpose. They hear the sound of the bells, the music of the organ, and the singing of the choir far below them, but assemble only on
festival daya for Divine cervioe in the monastic chapel. Many of these hermits have only a small hut | others have also a small garden. Some of their dwellings appear to ba suspended In *he afr, and can be approaoh-.d only by means of ladders and bridges over terrible preoipices. The inmiles gradually descend to the lower hermitages as tho tenants bslow thorn die off, until they Inhabit a place in the monastery which contains tho tombs.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2168, 12 September 1895, Page 49
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159According to their Years. Otago Witness, Issue 2168, 12 September 1895, Page 49
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