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i74 A TOUR THROUGH
with this little expedition, that notwith-
standing the heat of the season, we could
not keep in our carriage, but walked almost
the whole of it.
The city of Palermo for these ten days
pad has been wholly occupied in preparing
for the great feast of St. Rosolia. And if
the {hew is in any degree adequate to the
expence and trouble it costs them, it raust
indeed be a very noble one. They are
erecting an incredible number of arches
and pyramids for the illuminations. They
are of wood ; painted, and adorned with
artificial ssowers. These, they tell us, are
to be entirely covered over with small
lamps ; so that when seen at a little di-
stance, they appear like so many pyramids
and arches of ssame. The whole Marino,
and the two great streets that divide the
city, are to be illuminated in this magni-
ficent manner. The number of pyramids
and arches prepared for these illuminations,
we
with this little expedition, that notwith-
standing the heat of the season, we could
not keep in our carriage, but walked almost
the whole of it.
The city of Palermo for these ten days
pad has been wholly occupied in preparing
for the great feast of St. Rosolia. And if
the {hew is in any degree adequate to the
expence and trouble it costs them, it raust
indeed be a very noble one. They are
erecting an incredible number of arches
and pyramids for the illuminations. They
are of wood ; painted, and adorned with
artificial ssowers. These, they tell us, are
to be entirely covered over with small
lamps ; so that when seen at a little di-
stance, they appear like so many pyramids
and arches of ssame. The whole Marino,
and the two great streets that divide the
city, are to be illuminated in this magni-
ficent manner. The number of pyramids
and arches prepared for these illuminations,
we