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SICILY AND MALTA. 5
velTels ; yet it is very seldom that any acci-
dent happens ; they are so perfectly ac-
quainted with the weather, foretelling,
almost to a certainty, every storm, many
hours before it comes on. The sailors look
upon this passage as one of the raost stormy
and dangerous in the Mediterranean. It is
called the canal of Malta, and is much
dreaded by the Levant ships ; but indeed,
at this season, there is no danger.
We arrived at Sicily a little before sun-
set, and landed opposite to Ragusa, and
not far from the ruins of the little Hybla ;
the third town of that name in the issand,
distinguished by the epithets of the Great,
(near mount iRtna) the LesTer, (near Au-
gusta) and the Little (just by Ragusa).
Here we found a fine sandy beach, and
whilst the servants were employed in
dressing supper, we amused ourselves with
bathing and gathering shells, of which
there is a considerable variety. We were
B 3 m
velTels ; yet it is very seldom that any acci-
dent happens ; they are so perfectly ac-
quainted with the weather, foretelling,
almost to a certainty, every storm, many
hours before it comes on. The sailors look
upon this passage as one of the raost stormy
and dangerous in the Mediterranean. It is
called the canal of Malta, and is much
dreaded by the Levant ships ; but indeed,
at this season, there is no danger.
We arrived at Sicily a little before sun-
set, and landed opposite to Ragusa, and
not far from the ruins of the little Hybla ;
the third town of that name in the issand,
distinguished by the epithets of the Great,
(near mount iRtna) the LesTer, (near Au-
gusta) and the Little (just by Ragusa).
Here we found a fine sandy beach, and
whilst the servants were employed in
dressing supper, we amused ourselves with
bathing and gathering shells, of which
there is a considerable variety. We were
B 3 m