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20 TEE ROLY MOUNTAIN OF
preaching of its missioners; wnctified by innumerable
pilgrimages; and srrnctified by countless
prayers and repentances. The sanctuary
of the Church is alone completed. It is in
form a basilica, in style romanesque. On one
side of it rises the residence of the Missionary
Fathers, on the other, that for the Sisters of
the Apparition, who have care of the female
pilgrims. These edifices are in character with
the Church, and are all built of black marble,
obtained from the side of Mount Gargas.
%very other nmterial is brought up the whole
ascent from Corps, on the backs of mules.
The cost of erection is very great, and funds
are yet wanted for'commencing the nave, while
the hospice, with its cloisters for the reception
of pilgrims, is still but a plan on paper. Meanwhile,
the Fathers do their best to accommodate
those persons who come from great distances,
and a temporary structure of wood has
been erected for the reception of ladies. To
their accommodation the Religious Sisters look
with a kind and affectionate solicitude. They
are almost literally in bivouac, and you see
ladies, of various countries, and of all ranks,
packed together; but the charity which reigns
on this holy mountain compensates for everything.
The season had scarcely commenced
when we arrived, and snow had covered the
mountain from a passing etorm the day before.
But in the second week of June there were
seventy-five gentlernen at the table of the
Fathers, and a still greater number of ladies
with the Sisters. From June to the end of
September the average of arrivals is sixty per-