A Ramble in Malta and Sicily, in the Autumn of 1841Smith, Elder, and Company, 1842 - 168 sider |
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... shore ; but as the weather became more stormy we were driven back , and put in for shelter into the Portland Roads , where we cast anchor along with a little fleet of forty or fifty vessels , all weather - bound like ourselves . Aug. 22 ...
... shore ; but as the weather became more stormy we were driven back , and put in for shelter into the Portland Roads , where we cast anchor along with a little fleet of forty or fifty vessels , all weather - bound like ourselves . Aug. 22 ...
Side 7
... shore , tasting some of their delicious grapes , as the water we have on board is too lively to tempt us to drink it , however extreme our thirst may be ; and would form a better subject for microscopic exhibition and wonder among the ...
... shore , tasting some of their delicious grapes , as the water we have on board is too lively to tempt us to drink it , however extreme our thirst may be ; and would form a better subject for microscopic exhibition and wonder among the ...
Side 11
... shore and taken up their abode with us . Sept. 12. - To - day we spoke the schooner " Petrel , " thirty - eight days from New- castle , laden with coals for Corfu . The heat is greater than yesterday , but as there is scarcely any wind ...
... shore and taken up their abode with us . Sept. 12. - To - day we spoke the schooner " Petrel , " thirty - eight days from New- castle , laden with coals for Corfu . The heat is greater than yesterday , but as there is scarcely any wind ...
Side 13
... shore , we sailed along close under the land , and the first ruddy hues of morning discovered to our view the towering fortress of St. Elmo , with its impreg- nable buttresses and turrets , bristling with cannon . The moment we rounded ...
... shore , we sailed along close under the land , and the first ruddy hues of morning discovered to our view the towering fortress of St. Elmo , with its impreg- nable buttresses and turrets , bristling with cannon . The moment we rounded ...
Side 14
... shore . The Maltese boatmen always row standing , and are remarkably expert in avoiding the waves which often threaten to swamp their little boats . The castle and fortress of St. Elmo stand on the right shore of the Grand Harbour as ...
... shore . The Maltese boatmen always row standing , and are remarkably expert in avoiding the waves which often threaten to swamp their little boats . The castle and fortress of St. Elmo stand on the right shore of the Grand Harbour as ...
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afterwards albergo Alosco amongst Anapus ancient antiquities appearance Arethusa arrived ascent beautiful beneath blue boat breeze Calabria calise called captain Catania chapel church Civita Vecchia clouds coast colour consists cottage crater dark deck distance Ear of Dionysius English Etna feet fish Floriana flowers foot French garden George French Angas Giarra Gozo Grand Harbour Grand Master grapes hill hour inhabitants island latomie lava light maccaroni Malta Maltese marble Mellieha Messina miles Mongibello morning Mount Etna mountain mules native nearly Nicolosi night o'clock painted passed path picturesque pleasant Polité present priest reached remains Riposto road rock ruins sail shore Sicilian Sicily side sight Siragusa situated sleep soon speronaro spot steep stone stood Strada streets summit Syracuse Taormina theatre trees Valetta various vessel village walls waves whilst whole wind