CELEBRATED QUARRIES.
Carrara—The Pentelikon—The Parian Quarries—Rosso antico
and Verde antico—The Porphyry of Elfdal—The Gypsum of
Montmartre—The Alabaster of Volterra—The Slate Quarries
of Wales—‘Princesses’ and ‘Duchesses’—‘Ladies’ and ‘Fat
Ladies’—St. Peter’s Mount near Maestricht—Egyptian
Quarries—Haggar Silsilis—The Latomiæ of Syracuse—A
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