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128 A TOUR THROUGH
I forgot to mention that we passed the
source of the famous cold river fit fume
Freddo). This is the river so celebrated
by the poets in the fable of Acis and Ga-
latea. It was here that Acis was supposed
to have been killed by Polyphemus, and the
gods out of compassion converted him into
this river; which, as Mill retaining the ter-
rour inspired by the dreadful voice of the
Cyclops, runs with great rapidity, and
about a mile from its source throws itself
into the sea. It rises at once out of the
earth a large (bream. Its water is remarkably
pure, and so extremely cold, that it is
reckoned dangerous to drink it; but I am
told it has likewise a poisonous quality,
which proceeds from its being impregnated
with vitriol to such a degree, that cattle
have often been killed by it. It never
freezes; but, what is remarkable, it is said
often to contract a degree of cold greater
than that of ice.
These
I forgot to mention that we passed the
source of the famous cold river fit fume
Freddo). This is the river so celebrated
by the poets in the fable of Acis and Ga-
latea. It was here that Acis was supposed
to have been killed by Polyphemus, and the
gods out of compassion converted him into
this river; which, as Mill retaining the ter-
rour inspired by the dreadful voice of the
Cyclops, runs with great rapidity, and
about a mile from its source throws itself
into the sea. It rises at once out of the
earth a large (bream. Its water is remarkably
pure, and so extremely cold, that it is
reckoned dangerous to drink it; but I am
told it has likewise a poisonous quality,
which proceeds from its being impregnated
with vitriol to such a degree, that cattle
have often been killed by it. It never
freezes; but, what is remarkable, it is said
often to contract a degree of cold greater
than that of ice.
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