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SICILY AND MALTA. 93
P. S. Apropos ! There is one thing I
had almost forgot, and I never should
have forgiven myself. Do you know, the
most extraordinary phenomenon in the
world is often observed near to this place?
I laugh'd at it at first, as you will do ; but
I am now convinced of its reality ; and am
persuaded too, that if ever it had been
thoroughly examined by a philosophical
eye, the natural cause must long ago have
been assigned.
It has often been remarked, both by the
ancients and moderns, that in the heat of
summer, after the sea and air have been
much agitated by winds, and a perfect
calm succeeds, there appears, about the
time of dawn, in that part of the heavens
over the Straits, a great variety of Angu-
lar forms, some at rest and some moving
about with great velocity. These forms,
in proportion as the light increases, seem
to become more aerial; till at la st, some
time
P. S. Apropos ! There is one thing I
had almost forgot, and I never should
have forgiven myself. Do you know, the
most extraordinary phenomenon in the
world is often observed near to this place?
I laugh'd at it at first, as you will do ; but
I am now convinced of its reality ; and am
persuaded too, that if ever it had been
thoroughly examined by a philosophical
eye, the natural cause must long ago have
been assigned.
It has often been remarked, both by the
ancients and moderns, that in the heat of
summer, after the sea and air have been
much agitated by winds, and a perfect
calm succeeds, there appears, about the
time of dawn, in that part of the heavens
over the Straits, a great variety of Angu-
lar forms, some at rest and some moving
about with great velocity. These forms,
in proportion as the light increases, seem
to become more aerial; till at la st, some
time