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220 A TOUR THROUGH
We left the summit of the mountain
about six o'clock, and it was eight at night
before we reached Catania.—We observed,
both with pleasure and pain, the change
of the climate as we descended.—From the
regions of the molt rigid winter, we soon
arrived at those of the most delightful
spring. On first entering the forests, the
trees were still bare as in December, not a
single leaf to be seen; but after we had
descended a few miles, we found ourselves
in the mildest, and the softest of climates :
the trees in full verdure, and the fields co-
vered with all the ssowers of the summer;
but as soon as we got out of the woods, and
entered the torrid zone, we found the heats
altogether insupportable, and sufFered dread-
fully from them before we reached the city.
On the road I saw many mountains which
I intended to have visited, but my sprain
put it out of my power. One of the most
remarkable is called the Monte Pellufe, the
lava of which destroyed the great aqueduct
of
We left the summit of the mountain
about six o'clock, and it was eight at night
before we reached Catania.—We observed,
both with pleasure and pain, the change
of the climate as we descended.—From the
regions of the molt rigid winter, we soon
arrived at those of the most delightful
spring. On first entering the forests, the
trees were still bare as in December, not a
single leaf to be seen; but after we had
descended a few miles, we found ourselves
in the mildest, and the softest of climates :
the trees in full verdure, and the fields co-
vered with all the ssowers of the summer;
but as soon as we got out of the woods, and
entered the torrid zone, we found the heats
altogether insupportable, and sufFered dread-
fully from them before we reached the city.
On the road I saw many mountains which
I intended to have visited, but my sprain
put it out of my power. One of the most
remarkable is called the Monte Pellufe, the
lava of which destroyed the great aqueduct
of