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9o A TOUR THROUGH
their shoulders. When the machine is set
in motion, all these wheels move round,
and the different choirs of angels continue
in a con st nt. ssutter, singing Hallelujahs
round the Trinity and the Virgin during
the whole of the procession, and are said
to make a molt beautiful appearance. This
is all 1 could hiarn of this Angular .new,
neither were we admitted to see the ma-
chine ; conseious, I luppose, of thr di-
cu'e of which it is susceptible, tn^y did
not chuse to unveil so rici'ca an objedl to
the eyes os heroics.—This issand has ever
been famous for the celebration of its
feasts, even in ancient as well as modern
times. They spare no expence; and as
they have a large (hare both of superstition
and invention, they never fail to produce
somcthing either very fine, or very ridicu-
lous. The feast of St. Rosolia at Palermo
is said to be the finest show in Europe, and
costs that city every year a large sum. They
adure us there is more taste and mag-
nificence
their shoulders. When the machine is set
in motion, all these wheels move round,
and the different choirs of angels continue
in a con st nt. ssutter, singing Hallelujahs
round the Trinity and the Virgin during
the whole of the procession, and are said
to make a molt beautiful appearance. This
is all 1 could hiarn of this Angular .new,
neither were we admitted to see the ma-
chine ; conseious, I luppose, of thr di-
cu'e of which it is susceptible, tn^y did
not chuse to unveil so rici'ca an objedl to
the eyes os heroics.—This issand has ever
been famous for the celebration of its
feasts, even in ancient as well as modern
times. They spare no expence; and as
they have a large (hare both of superstition
and invention, they never fail to produce
somcthing either very fine, or very ridicu-
lous. The feast of St. Rosolia at Palermo
is said to be the finest show in Europe, and
costs that city every year a large sum. They
adure us there is more taste and mag-
nificence