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SICILY AND MALTA. 241
LETTER XXXI.
Palermo, Juiy
tITE have now had time to inquire a
* * little into some of the antiquities of
this bland, and have found several people,
particularly the prince of Torremuzzo,
who have made this the great objccl: of
their stucly. However, I find we must
wade through oceans of fiction, before
we can arrive at any thing certain or satis-
faclory.
Most of the Sicilian authors agree in
deriving their origin from Ham, or as they
called him, Cham, the son of Noah, who,
they pretend, is the same with Saturn.
They tell you that he built a great city,
which from him was named Camesena.
There have been violent disputes about the
Vol. II. R situition
LETTER XXXI.
Palermo, Juiy
tITE have now had time to inquire a
* * little into some of the antiquities of
this bland, and have found several people,
particularly the prince of Torremuzzo,
who have made this the great objccl: of
their stucly. However, I find we must
wade through oceans of fiction, before
we can arrive at any thing certain or satis-
faclory.
Most of the Sicilian authors agree in
deriving their origin from Ham, or as they
called him, Cham, the son of Noah, who,
they pretend, is the same with Saturn.
They tell you that he built a great city,
which from him was named Camesena.
There have been violent disputes about the
Vol. II. R situition