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the name, SiJignor, said the fellow, PifteJJa,
risieffa, la connofce megllo che noi. I asked,
if her husband was there too, for that he
deserved it much better than Ihe: sicuro>
said he, and all his heretic subjedts too;
and if you are of that number, you need
not be in such a hurry to get thither, you
will be sure of it at last. I thanked him,
and went to join our company, not a little
amused with the conversation.
We soon after left Nicolosi, and in an
hour and a half's travelling, over barren
allies and lava, we arrived on the confines
of the Regione Sylvosa, or the Temperate
Zone. As soon as we entered these delight-
ful forests, we seemed to have got into an-
other world. The air, which before was
sultry and hot, was now cool and refresh-
ing ; and every breeze was loaded with a
thousand perfumes, the whole ground being
covered over with the richest aromatic
plants. Many parts of this region are surcly
the
the name, SiJignor, said the fellow, PifteJJa,
risieffa, la connofce megllo che noi. I asked,
if her husband was there too, for that he
deserved it much better than Ihe: sicuro>
said he, and all his heretic subjedts too;
and if you are of that number, you need
not be in such a hurry to get thither, you
will be sure of it at last. I thanked him,
and went to join our company, not a little
amused with the conversation.
We soon after left Nicolosi, and in an
hour and a half's travelling, over barren
allies and lava, we arrived on the confines
of the Regione Sylvosa, or the Temperate
Zone. As soon as we entered these delight-
ful forests, we seemed to have got into an-
other world. The air, which before was
sultry and hot, was now cool and refresh-
ing ; and every breeze was loaded with a
thousand perfumes, the whole ground being
covered over with the richest aromatic
plants. Many parts of this region are surcly
the