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352 A TOUR THROUGH
of an exceeding large size, is at present en-
tirely hung with crimson damask richly
laced with gold.
The catacombs, not far from this city*
are a great work. They are said to extend
for fifteen miles under ground ; however,
this you are obliged to take on the credit
of your guides, as it would rather be rifting
too much to put it to the trial. Many peo-
ple, they asTure us, have been lost from ad-
vancing too far in them ; the prodigious
number of branches making it next to im-
possible to find the way out again.
From this we went to see the Bosquetta,
where the grand master has his country
palace; by the accounts we had of it at
Valetta, we expected to find a forefl: slored
with deer and every kind of game, as they
talked much of the great hunts that were
made every year in these woods.—We
were not a little surprised to find only a
few
of an exceeding large size, is at present en-
tirely hung with crimson damask richly
laced with gold.
The catacombs, not far from this city*
are a great work. They are said to extend
for fifteen miles under ground ; however,
this you are obliged to take on the credit
of your guides, as it would rather be rifting
too much to put it to the trial. Many peo-
ple, they asTure us, have been lost from ad-
vancing too far in them ; the prodigious
number of branches making it next to im-
possible to find the way out again.
From this we went to see the Bosquetta,
where the grand master has his country
palace; by the accounts we had of it at
Valetta, we expected to find a forefl: slored
with deer and every kind of game, as they
talked much of the great hunts that were
made every year in these woods.—We
were not a little surprised to find only a
few