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SICILY AND MALTA. 37
bed in the corner of the hovel; and in
spite of a parcel of starved chickens, that
are fluttering about and picking the straws
all round them, they are already fail asleep.
I {hall seize that time to recapitulate what
has happened since my last.
The day after I wrote you, we made
some little excursions round Agrigentum.
The country is delightful; producing corn,
wine, and oil, in the greatest abundance :
the fields are, at the same time, covered with
a variety of the finest fruits ; oranges, le-
mons, pomegranates, almonds, pistachio-.
nuts, <&c. These afforded us almost as
agreeable an entertainment as the consi-
deration of the ruins from whence they
spring.
We dined with the bishop, according ta
agreement, and rose from table, convinced
that the ancient Agrigentini could not pos-
D 3 sibly
bed in the corner of the hovel; and in
spite of a parcel of starved chickens, that
are fluttering about and picking the straws
all round them, they are already fail asleep.
I {hall seize that time to recapitulate what
has happened since my last.
The day after I wrote you, we made
some little excursions round Agrigentum.
The country is delightful; producing corn,
wine, and oil, in the greatest abundance :
the fields are, at the same time, covered with
a variety of the finest fruits ; oranges, le-
mons, pomegranates, almonds, pistachio-.
nuts, <&c. These afforded us almost as
agreeable an entertainment as the consi-
deration of the ruins from whence they
spring.
We dined with the bishop, according ta
agreement, and rose from table, convinced
that the ancient Agrigentini could not pos-
D 3 sibly