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42 A TOUR THROUGH
is about a mile from the entry of the Faro,
and forms a small promontory, which runs
a little out to sea, and meets the whole
force of the waters, as they come out of
the narrowest part of the Straits. The
head of this promontory is the famous
Scylla. It must be owned that it does
not altogether come up to the formid-
able description that Homer gives of it ;
the reading of which (like that of Shakes-
pear's Cliff) almost makes one's head
giddy. Neither is the passage so wondrous
narrow and difficult as he makes it. In-
deed it is probable that the breadth of it is
greatly increased since his time, by the
violent impetuosity of the current. And
this violence too must have always dimi-
nished, in proportion as the breadth of
the channel increased.
Our pilot says, there are many small
rocks that shew their heads near the base
of the large ones. These are probably the
dogs
is about a mile from the entry of the Faro,
and forms a small promontory, which runs
a little out to sea, and meets the whole
force of the waters, as they come out of
the narrowest part of the Straits. The
head of this promontory is the famous
Scylla. It must be owned that it does
not altogether come up to the formid-
able description that Homer gives of it ;
the reading of which (like that of Shakes-
pear's Cliff) almost makes one's head
giddy. Neither is the passage so wondrous
narrow and difficult as he makes it. In-
deed it is probable that the breadth of it is
greatly increased since his time, by the
violent impetuosity of the current. And
this violence too must have always dimi-
nished, in proportion as the breadth of
the channel increased.
Our pilot says, there are many small
rocks that shew their heads near the base
of the large ones. These are probably the
dogs