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SICILY AND MALTA. 223
The gardens were finely illuminated ;
and put me in mind of our Vauxhall.
There were two orchestras (one at each
end) and two very good bands of music.
The entertainment was splendid, and the
archbishop mewed attention and politeness
to every person of the company.
About ten o'clock the great triumphal
car marched back again in proceshon to the
Marino. It was richly illuminated with
large wax tapers, and made a most for-
midable figure.—Don Quixote would have
been very excusable in taking it for an
inchanted castle, moving through the air.—
We did not leave the archbishop's till
midnight, when the Corso began, which
was precisely. the same in every respecl: as
the night before, and afforded us a delight-
ful scene.
14th. Last night the two great slreets
and the four gates os the city that ter-
minate
The gardens were finely illuminated ;
and put me in mind of our Vauxhall.
There were two orchestras (one at each
end) and two very good bands of music.
The entertainment was splendid, and the
archbishop mewed attention and politeness
to every person of the company.
About ten o'clock the great triumphal
car marched back again in proceshon to the
Marino. It was richly illuminated with
large wax tapers, and made a most for-
midable figure.—Don Quixote would have
been very excusable in taking it for an
inchanted castle, moving through the air.—
We did not leave the archbishop's till
midnight, when the Corso began, which
was precisely. the same in every respecl: as
the night before, and afforded us a delight-
ful scene.
14th. Last night the two great slreets
and the four gates os the city that ter-
minate