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SICILY AND MALTA. 25
country, and not to write its natural history;
which would lead me into too vast a field :
I mall reserve that curious subjecl: till our
return, when I shall have more leisure to
make you acquainted with it.—I beg there-
fore you would at least suspend your judg-
ment for the present, and do not condemn
me before I am heard.
After contemplating this delightful pro-
specl:, till sun-set, the wind sprung up again,
and we have now almost reached Capre,
30 miles distant from Naples. We have
just spoken with an Englilh ship. They tell
us, that the Marquis of Carmarthen, Lord
Fortrose, and Mr. Hamilton observing the
calm, took a boat to make us a visit; but
unfortunately mistaking their vesfel for
ours, we have had the mortification to
miss them,
The night is very dark; and mount
Vesuvius is ssaming at a dreadful rate: We
can
country, and not to write its natural history;
which would lead me into too vast a field :
I mall reserve that curious subjecl: till our
return, when I shall have more leisure to
make you acquainted with it.—I beg there-
fore you would at least suspend your judg-
ment for the present, and do not condemn
me before I am heard.
After contemplating this delightful pro-
specl:, till sun-set, the wind sprung up again,
and we have now almost reached Capre,
30 miles distant from Naples. We have
just spoken with an Englilh ship. They tell
us, that the Marquis of Carmarthen, Lord
Fortrose, and Mr. Hamilton observing the
calm, took a boat to make us a visit; but
unfortunately mistaking their vesfel for
ours, we have had the mortification to
miss them,
The night is very dark; and mount
Vesuvius is ssaming at a dreadful rate: We
can