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SICILY AND MALTA.
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LETTER II.
On Board the Charming Molly, off the
Illand of Capre, May 15.
WE have now begun our expedition
with every auspicious omen. This
morning the melancholy sirocc left us;
and in place of it we have1 gotten a fine brisk
tramontane (os North wind) which in a
few hours blew aWay all our vapours, and
made us wonder how much the happiness
of mankind depends on a blast of wind.
After eating a hearty dinner with many os
our friends at Mr. Walter's, and drinking
plentifully of his excellent burgundy, we
took leave in the highest spirits. Had the
sirocc blown as yesterday, we should pro-
bably have been in tears; and not one of
us would have suspected that we were
crying, only because the wind was in the
Vol. I. C south.
i7
LETTER II.
On Board the Charming Molly, off the
Illand of Capre, May 15.
WE have now begun our expedition
with every auspicious omen. This
morning the melancholy sirocc left us;
and in place of it we have1 gotten a fine brisk
tramontane (os North wind) which in a
few hours blew aWay all our vapours, and
made us wonder how much the happiness
of mankind depends on a blast of wind.
After eating a hearty dinner with many os
our friends at Mr. Walter's, and drinking
plentifully of his excellent burgundy, we
took leave in the highest spirits. Had the
sirocc blown as yesterday, we should pro-
bably have been in tears; and not one of
us would have suspected that we were
crying, only because the wind was in the
Vol. I. C south.