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SICILY AND MALTA. 219
for I lay a corisiderable time on the ice in
great agony : However, in these exalted
legions, it was impossible to have a horse,
or a carriage of any kind; and your poor
philosopher was obliged to hop on one leg,
with two men supporting him, for several
miles over the snow; and our wags here
allege, that he left the greatest part os his
philosophy behind him, for the life of Em-
pedocles's heirs and successors.
I was happy to get to my mule, but
when I once more found myself on our
bed of leaves in the Spelonca del Capriole,
I thought I was in Paradise : So true it is,
that a removal of pain is the greateit of
plcasures. The agony I suffered, had thrown
me into a profuse sweat and a fever ; how-
ever, in an instant I fell fait, aileep, and in
an hour and a half, awaked in perfect
health. We had an excellent dim of tea,
the moll refrelhing and agreeable I ever
drank in all my life.
We
for I lay a corisiderable time on the ice in
great agony : However, in these exalted
legions, it was impossible to have a horse,
or a carriage of any kind; and your poor
philosopher was obliged to hop on one leg,
with two men supporting him, for several
miles over the snow; and our wags here
allege, that he left the greatest part os his
philosophy behind him, for the life of Em-
pedocles's heirs and successors.
I was happy to get to my mule, but
when I once more found myself on our
bed of leaves in the Spelonca del Capriole,
I thought I was in Paradise : So true it is,
that a removal of pain is the greateit of
plcasures. The agony I suffered, had thrown
me into a profuse sweat and a fever ; how-
ever, in an instant I fell fait, aileep, and in
an hour and a half, awaked in perfect
health. We had an excellent dim of tea,
the moll refrelhing and agreeable I ever
drank in all my life.
We