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SICILY AND MALTA. 211
mules, in two rows, curioufly caparisoned,
and mounted by twenty^-eight postilions,
dressed in gold and silver sluffs, with great
plumes of oslrich feathers in their hats.—
Every window and balcony, on both sides
of the nreet, were full of well-dressed
people, and the car was followed by many
thousands of the lower sort. The triumph
was finished in about three hours; and
was succeeded by the beautiful illumination
of the Marino.
I believe I have already mentioned, that
there is a range of arches and pyramids
extending from end to end of this noble
walk : these are painted, and adorned with
artificial slowers, and are entirely covered
with lamps, placed so very thick, that at
a little distance the whole appears so many
pyramids and arches of ssame. The whole
chain of this illumination was about a mile
in length, and indeed you can hardly
conceive any thing more splendid. There
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mules, in two rows, curioufly caparisoned,
and mounted by twenty^-eight postilions,
dressed in gold and silver sluffs, with great
plumes of oslrich feathers in their hats.—
Every window and balcony, on both sides
of the nreet, were full of well-dressed
people, and the car was followed by many
thousands of the lower sort. The triumph
was finished in about three hours; and
was succeeded by the beautiful illumination
of the Marino.
I believe I have already mentioned, that
there is a range of arches and pyramids
extending from end to end of this noble
walk : these are painted, and adorned with
artificial slowers, and are entirely covered
with lamps, placed so very thick, that at
a little distance the whole appears so many
pyramids and arches of ssame. The whole
chain of this illumination was about a mile
in length, and indeed you can hardly
conceive any thing more splendid. There
P 2 was