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Page 171. X We did not visit on the way to Marathon the
quarries in the side of Mount Pentelicus where was obtained
the marble for the Parthenon and other buildings. Necludoff
who had seen them told me that the methods of quarrying were
a complete puzzle to everyone, inasmuch as, instead of the usual
rough and jagged surfaces which the removal of blocks of
marble would produce in the quarrying processes of today, the
surfaces were quite so smooth and as to resemble more the what
is seen when a slice of cheese is cut away with a sharp knife