A ramble in Malta and Sicily, in the autumn of 1841 / by George French Angas

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Angas, George French, 1822-1886
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London : Smith, Elder, 1842
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RAMBLE IN MALTA AND SICILY 3
RAMBLE IN MALTA AND SICILY, IN THE AUTUMN OF 1841. 9
INTRODUCTION. 13
CONTENTS. 15
ILLUSTRATIONS. 18
RAMBLE, &c. 19
CHAPTER II. ARRIVAL AT MALTA—DESCRIPTION OF VALETTA. 32
CHAPTER III. SUNSET-COUNTRY HOUSE OF MR. AGIUS—CATTLE AND GOATS. 36
CHAPTER IV. THE KNIGHTS OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM. 38
CHAPTER V. PALACE—ARMOURY—TAPESTRY AND PAINTINGS. 41
CHAPTER VI. AUBERGES OF THE KNIGHTS—HOSPITALS. 44
CHAPTER VII. WALLS AND FORTIFICATIONS—CASTLES OF ST. ELMO AND ST. ANGELO—FORTS RICASOLI, TIGNE, AND MANOEL. 46
CHAPTER VIII. RAMBLE IN THE COUNTRY—PIETA—BATHS. 50
CHAPTER IX. COSTUME—DRESS OF THE COUNTRY PEOPLE. 53
CHAPTER X. WALK TO MARSA SCIROCCO-EXCURSION TO MACLUBA, AND THE RUINS OF HAJAR KÏM. 55
CHAPTER XI. EXCURSION TO ST. PAUL’S BAY, MELLIEHA, AND THE GROTTO OF CALYPSO. 61
CHAPTER XII. VISIT TO THE GARDENS AND PALACE OF ST. ANTONIO, AND CIVITA VECCHIA, THE ANCIENT CAPITAL OF MALTA. 66
CHAPTER XIII. EXPEDITION TO THE ISLAND OF GOZO—THE GENERAL’S ROCK—RABBATO, AND THE GIANT’S TOWER. 71
CHAPTER XIV. CONVENT OF THE CAPUCHIN FRIARS. 79
CHAPTER XV. PUBLIC LIBRARY—CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN—CHURCHES AND NUNNERIES. 82
CHAPTER XVI. FLORIANA GARDENS—IL GROTTO—NATURALISTS. 87
CHAPTER XVII. MARKET—HOTELS—CAFÉS—PRICES OF PROVISIONS. 90
CHAPTER XVIII. DEPARTURE FROM MALTA. 93
CHAPTER XIX. VOYAGE FROM MALTA TO SYRACUSE. 95
CHAPTER XX. RIVERS ANAPUS AND PAPYRUS—TEMPLE OF JUPITER OLYMPUS, AND THE FONTE CIANE. 100
CHAPTER XXI. TYCHÆ—NEAPOLIS—FORT LABDALUS—THE QUARRIES OF THE PHILOSOPHERS—STRADA DEL TOMBE—SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGE—TEMPLE OF CERES. 106
CHAPTER XXII. MUSEUM-TEMPLE OF MINERVA—FOUNTAIN OF ARETHUSA—EAR OF DIONYSIUS—GARDEN OF PARADISE—AQUEDUCT—NYMPÆUM—TRIPOD OF APOLLO—STRADA SEPULCHRALE IN NEAPOLIS. 112
CHAPTER XXIII. THEATRE—AMPHITHEATRE—CATACOMBS—CHAPEL OF SAN GIOVANNI—TOMB OF ST. MARCIAN—CONVENT AND GARDEN OF THE CAPPUCCINI—FORTIFICATIONS—RETURN TO SYRACUSE—COSTUME OF THE INHABITANTS. 123
CHAPTER XXIV. JOURNEY ON MULES TO CATANIA. 134
CHAPTER XXV. CITY OF CATANIA—FERDINAND AND ISABELLA—ILLUMINATIONS—ABBATE’S HOTEL. 140
CHAPTER XXVI. CATANIA—PRINCE BISCARPS MUSEUM—CATHEDRAL—GREEK THEATRE—SUBTERRANEAN AMPHITHEATRE—ANCIENT BATHS, ETC. 145
CHAPTER XXVII. NICOLOSI—EXPEDITION TO ETNA. 152
CHAPTER XXVIII. ROUTE FROM CATANIA TO MESSINA. 159
CHAPTER XXIX. TRIP TO THE FARO—SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS. 165
CHAPTER XXX. RETURN TO ETNA—HOSPITALITY AT RIPOSTO—ASCENT OF THE MOUNTAIN. 168
CHAPTER XXXI. VISIT TO THE CASTAGNO DI CENTO CAVALLOS. 179
CHAPTER XXXII. TAORMINA—JOURNEY TO MESSINA. 187
CHAPTER XXXIII. MESSINA-PUBLIC GARDENS—CATHEDRAL—SHRINE OF ST. PLACIDO—MARINA, STREETS, CONVENTS, AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 191
CHAPTER XXXIV. VOYAGE FROM MESSINA TO ENGLAND. 195

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