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8 A TOUR THROUGH
a numerous offspring of young plants are
produced round the root of the old one j
these are ssip'd off, and formed into new
plantations, either for hedges or for avenues
to their country-houses.
The city of Agrigentum, now called
Girgenti, is irregular and ugly ; though
from a few miles distance at sea, it makes
a noble appearance, little inferior to that
of Genoa.—As it lies on the ssope of the
mountain, the houses do not hide one an^
other; but every part of the city is seen,
On our arrival, we found a great falling
ofs indeed; the houses are mean, the streets
dirty, crooked, and narrow.—rlt still conr
tains near twenty thousand people ; a
sad reduction from its ancient grandeur,
when it was said to consist of no less than
eight hundred thousand, being the next
city to Syracuse for numbers.
The
a numerous offspring of young plants are
produced round the root of the old one j
these are ssip'd off, and formed into new
plantations, either for hedges or for avenues
to their country-houses.
The city of Agrigentum, now called
Girgenti, is irregular and ugly ; though
from a few miles distance at sea, it makes
a noble appearance, little inferior to that
of Genoa.—As it lies on the ssope of the
mountain, the houses do not hide one an^
other; but every part of the city is seen,
On our arrival, we found a great falling
ofs indeed; the houses are mean, the streets
dirty, crooked, and narrow.—rlt still conr
tains near twenty thousand people ; a
sad reduction from its ancient grandeur,
when it was said to consist of no less than
eight hundred thousand, being the next
city to Syracuse for numbers.
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