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SICIL Y AND M ALT A. 341
to be met with in the Sicilian legends, as it
seems to be an universal belief, that this
issand was once inhabited by giants ; but
although we have made diligent inquiry,
we have never yet been able to procure a
sight of any of these gigantic bones which
are said to be still preserved in many part,
of the issand. Had there been any foun~
dation for this, I think it is probable, they
must have found their way into some of the
museums; bur this is not the case ; nor
indeed have we met with any person of
sense and credibility that could lay they had
seen any of them. We had been'assured
at Naples, that an entire {keleton, up-
wards of ten feet high, was preserved in
the museum of Palermo; but there is no
such thing there, nor I believe any where
else in the issand. This museum is well
furnhhed both with antiques and articles
of natural history, but is not superior to
what we have seen in many other places.
Z 3 The
to be met with in the Sicilian legends, as it
seems to be an universal belief, that this
issand was once inhabited by giants ; but
although we have made diligent inquiry,
we have never yet been able to procure a
sight of any of these gigantic bones which
are said to be still preserved in many part,
of the issand. Had there been any foun~
dation for this, I think it is probable, they
must have found their way into some of the
museums; bur this is not the case ; nor
indeed have we met with any person of
sense and credibility that could lay they had
seen any of them. We had been'assured
at Naples, that an entire {keleton, up-
wards of ten feet high, was preserved in
the museum of Palermo; but there is no
such thing there, nor I believe any where
else in the issand. This museum is well
furnhhed both with antiques and articles
of natural history, but is not superior to
what we have seen in many other places.
Z 3 The