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74 A TOUR THROUGH
rely on those guards, who were people of
the most determined resolution, as well as
of the mod approved fidelity, and would
not fail to chastise on the spot, any person
who should presume to impose upon us.
Now, who do you think these trusty
guards are composed of? Why of the most
daring, and most hardened villains, per-
haps, that are to be met with upon earth,
who, in any other country, would have
been broken upon the wheel, or hung in
chains; but are here publicly protected,
and universally feared and respe&ed. It
was this part of the police of Sicily, that
1 was afraid to give you an account of:
But I have now conversed with the prince's
people on the subjecT, and they have con-
firmed every circumstance Mr. M--
made me acquainted with.
He told me, that in this east part of the
issand, called Yal Demoni, (from the devils
that
rely on those guards, who were people of
the most determined resolution, as well as
of the mod approved fidelity, and would
not fail to chastise on the spot, any person
who should presume to impose upon us.
Now, who do you think these trusty
guards are composed of? Why of the most
daring, and most hardened villains, per-
haps, that are to be met with upon earth,
who, in any other country, would have
been broken upon the wheel, or hung in
chains; but are here publicly protected,
and universally feared and respe&ed. It
was this part of the police of Sicily, that
1 was afraid to give you an account of:
But I have now conversed with the prince's
people on the subjecT, and they have con-
firmed every circumstance Mr. M--
made me acquainted with.
He told me, that in this east part of the
issand, called Yal Demoni, (from the devils
that