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PALERMO TO ALCAMO AND; SEGESTE. B23
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t the remains of a Roman ] p . ouse recently excavated ; and half covered with the igantic fennelyellow squillsand tall orchids ,, are
_scattered ; columns g and other , bits of broken , architecture . Deseend ; - ing a _little on the northern side of the mountain you come
upon the Theatre , which like all Greek Theatres stands in the most commanding situation . Nothing can equal the-beauty of
this site , hanging as it does on the very edge of the cliff that overr tops the valley of the Gaggeraand with the mountains , range
after range losing themselves into , blue depths of sea and sky . We all stood speechless with delight and wonder , and my poor
pencil remained paralyzed in my fingers , such infinite wealth of beaut Now y could the guide find s p hurried lace in no us sketch away - for book it . was getting lateand we
descended the hill , and began the tramp , back to Oalatafimi , . The cool evening breeze and the lovely lights made the way back far
being pleasanter almost than broken even to in p going ieces with ; and the we wretche comfortable could d enjoy mules seat it . , sp in Still ite the of it
was a relief to . dismount , and find a carriage , to which we were obliged to fly for refuge , as the people pressed round us so much that it was impossible to walk , even to
stretch our stiffened limbs a little . One boy came up to me , and examined first my outside jacket ;
lifted that up , and examined the next , * then came the dress ; next the petticoatand then I thought it time to stop him , and I suggested
the fact that ; I was not a dollbut a live creatureand wanted to be left alone . After a tremendous , scene between , _GiusepjDe and a
man who wanted & ve piastres for some coins , he finally gave them for a little over one piastre , and Giuseppe cracked his whip and
coachman gallopped would off in have triump let h us . linger It was so getting long . It dark was , all and my no fault other , as
I had kept them while I finished my sketch , so of course I was dangerous - _" as devoted never joll stay as to possible a road out man late , a who . " very sing Well took ing dangerous my here and bad recounting we road were behaviour / 7 trotting every all the in one along good wonderful had part after told . dark little us _"A ; ,
remarks y we had heard , . as , we passed through the village . How natives Giuseppe quarter , ; quite and did drive rattled safe ! and into We sound , did Alcamo kind the , without , twelve little to the landlad miles any astonishment adventures in had an hour reall of all except and done the a
p her leasant best ones to clean to relate out . the Our room , and so with the y help of a y packet of insect powder ( which was a most grateful gift from a kind fair
young Irishman at Naples ) , we all managed to j _> ass a very ni . g But ht . I must not forget the serenade we received ! Two large . ,
earthl fiddles and manner one little and then scraped the small out Garibaldi fiddle boy ' s hymn shouted in an a love _unr
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Palermo To Alcamo And; Segeste. B23
PALERMO TO ALCAMO AND ; SEGESTE . B 23
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1863, page 323, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071863/page/35/
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