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SICILY AND MALTA. 201
The more I consider the extreme violence
of this heat, the more 1 am surprised that
we were able to bear it with so little incon-
venience. We did not even feel that de-
pression of spirits that commonly attends
very great heats with us.—The thermo-
meter rose 40 degrees, or very near it; and
it happens Angularly enough, that before
the Sirocc began, it flood just about 40 de-
grees above the point of congelation ; so
that in the morning of the 8th of July, the
heat increased as much, almost instantane-
oussy, as it generally does during the whole
time that the sun moves from tropic to tro-
pic ; for the difference of 72 and 112 is
the same as between the freezing point and
ys'j or between a cold day in winter, and
a warm one in summer.
Yeflerday we had a great entertainment
in the palace of the Prince Par tana, from
the balcony of which the viceroy reviewed
3. regiment of Swiss, the belt I have yet
8 seeri
SICILY AND MALTA. 201
The more I consider the extreme violence
of this heat, the more 1 am surprised that
we were able to bear it with so little incon-
venience. We did not even feel that de-
pression of spirits that commonly attends
very great heats with us.—The thermo-
meter rose 40 degrees, or very near it; and
it happens Angularly enough, that before
the Sirocc began, it flood just about 40 de-
grees above the point of congelation ; so
that in the morning of the 8th of July, the
heat increased as much, almost instantane-
oussy, as it generally does during the whole
time that the sun moves from tropic to tro-
pic ; for the difference of 72 and 112 is
the same as between the freezing point and
ys'j or between a cold day in winter, and
a warm one in summer.
Yeflerday we had a great entertainment
in the palace of the Prince Par tana, from
the balcony of which the viceroy reviewed
3. regiment of Swiss, the belt I have yet
8 seeri