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Brydone, Patrick; Beckford, William
A Tour Through Sicily And Malta: in a series of letters to William Beckford ; in 2 vol. (Band 2) — 1775

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340 A TOUR THROUGH
selves almoPc instantaneously both in the
hot and cold bath ; for at one stroke we
commonly palled through the hot water,
which only extends for a few feet around
the spring. It gave us a momentary glow,
and produced a very odd, uncouth sen-
sation, by no means an agreeable one. I
mentioned this Angularity to several gen-
tlemen here, who tell me they have ob-
served the same thing.
Not a great way from this is a cele-
brated fountain, called 77 Mar Dolce,
where there are some remains of an ancient
naumachia; and in the mountain above
it they mew you a cavern, where a
gigantic skeleton is said to have been
found : however, it fell to dust when they
attempted to remove it.—Fazzello says, its
teeth were the only part that resilled the
impression of the air; that he procured
two of them, and that they weighed near
two ounces.—There are many luch stories
to
 
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