Brydone, Patrick; Beckford, William: A Tour Through Sicily And Malta: in a series of letters to William Beckford ; in 2 vol. (Band 1) (1775)

228 A TOUR THROUGH

Height of Farenheit's Thermometer.
At Catania, May 26, at mid-day 76
Ditto, May 27, at five in the
morning 72
At Nicolosi, 12 miles up the moun-
tain, mid-day - - - 73
At the cave, called Spelonca del
Capriole, in the second region,
where there was still a con-
siderable quantity of snow, at
seven at night - - - 61
In the same cave at half an hour
pair eleven - 52
At the Torre del Filosofo, in the
third region, at three in the
morning - - - - 34^
At the foot of the crater of /Etna. - 33
About half-way up the crater - 29
On the summit of iEtna, a little
before sun-rise - - , - 27
Height