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SICILY AND MALTA, 1S1
I told them they were of great value in our
country; that the people there had a way
of making gold of them: At this they
both seemed exceedingly surprised, and
spoke again in their own tongue. How-
ever, I found they did not believe me ; one
of them told me, if that had been true, I
certainly would not have been so ready in
telling it: But, said he, if it is so, we will
serve you for ever, if you will teach us that
art; for then we mall be the richest people
on earth. I asfured them that I had not
yet learned it myself, and that it was a
secret known only to very few. They were
likewise a good deal surprised to see me pull
out of my pocket a magnetical needle and
a small electrometer, which I had prepared
at Catania to examine the electrical Mate of
the air ; and I was at first afraid they mould
have taken me for a conjuror (which you
know already happened amongst the Appe-
nines), but luckily that idea did not strike
them.
N 3 On
I told them they were of great value in our
country; that the people there had a way
of making gold of them: At this they
both seemed exceedingly surprised, and
spoke again in their own tongue. How-
ever, I found they did not believe me ; one
of them told me, if that had been true, I
certainly would not have been so ready in
telling it: But, said he, if it is so, we will
serve you for ever, if you will teach us that
art; for then we mall be the richest people
on earth. I asfured them that I had not
yet learned it myself, and that it was a
secret known only to very few. They were
likewise a good deal surprised to see me pull
out of my pocket a magnetical needle and
a small electrometer, which I had prepared
at Catania to examine the electrical Mate of
the air ; and I was at first afraid they mould
have taken me for a conjuror (which you
know already happened amongst the Appe-
nines), but luckily that idea did not strike
them.
N 3 On