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46 A TOUR THROUGH
Sirocc winds, supposed to blow from the
burning deserts of Africa, and sometimes
attended with dangerous consequences to
those that travel over Sicily.
But I find I have omitted several circum-
stances of our dinner. I mould have told
you, that it was an annual feast given by
the nobility of Agrigentum to the bishop.
It was served in an immense granary, half
full of wheat, on the sea more, chosen on
purpose to avoid the heat. The whole was
on plate: and what appeared singular to us,
but I believe is a much better method than
ours ; great part of the fruit was served up
with the second course, the first dim of
which that went round was strawberries.
The Sicilians were a good deal surprised to
see us eat them with cream and sugar, yet
upon trial they did not at all dissike the
composition.
The desert consided of a great variety
of fruits, and still a greater of ices: these
were
Sirocc winds, supposed to blow from the
burning deserts of Africa, and sometimes
attended with dangerous consequences to
those that travel over Sicily.
But I find I have omitted several circum-
stances of our dinner. I mould have told
you, that it was an annual feast given by
the nobility of Agrigentum to the bishop.
It was served in an immense granary, half
full of wheat, on the sea more, chosen on
purpose to avoid the heat. The whole was
on plate: and what appeared singular to us,
but I believe is a much better method than
ours ; great part of the fruit was served up
with the second course, the first dim of
which that went round was strawberries.
The Sicilians were a good deal surprised to
see us eat them with cream and sugar, yet
upon trial they did not at all dissike the
composition.
The desert consided of a great variety
of fruits, and still a greater of ices: these
were