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SICILY AND MALTA. 295
the lead and iron in several of them. We
surprised a poor young porcupine who had
■comehere to drink, of whom our guides
made lawful prize.—Near to this there are
caverns of a great extent, where they carry
on a manufactory of nitre, which is found
in vast abundance on the sides of these
caves.
The amphitheatre is in the form of a
very excentric ellipse, and is much ruined;
but the theatre is sa entire, that most of
the gradini or seats {till remain. Both these
are in that part of the city that was called
Neapoli, or the New City. " Quarta au-
" tern est urbs (says Cicero) quse quia pos-
" trema sedificata est, Neapolis nominatur,
" quam ad summam theatrum est maxi-
" mum, &c." However, it is but a small
theatre in companion of that os Tauro-
minum. We searched amongst the sepul-
chres, several of which are very elegant,
for that of Archimedes j but could see no-
li 4 thing
the lead and iron in several of them. We
surprised a poor young porcupine who had
■comehere to drink, of whom our guides
made lawful prize.—Near to this there are
caverns of a great extent, where they carry
on a manufactory of nitre, which is found
in vast abundance on the sides of these
caves.
The amphitheatre is in the form of a
very excentric ellipse, and is much ruined;
but the theatre is sa entire, that most of
the gradini or seats {till remain. Both these
are in that part of the city that was called
Neapoli, or the New City. " Quarta au-
" tern est urbs (says Cicero) quse quia pos-
" trema sedificata est, Neapolis nominatur,
" quam ad summam theatrum est maxi-
" mum, &c." However, it is but a small
theatre in companion of that os Tauro-
minum. We searched amongst the sepul-
chres, several of which are very elegant,
for that of Archimedes j but could see no-
li 4 thing