MAP OF THE ISLANDS 



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Once on board we were soon under way, and by even- 

 ing found ourselves in the port of Lipari, the principal 

 island of the group. Forgive us, dear abstaining friends, 

 if we made straight for the wine-shop, and drank out of 

 tumblers the famous wine of Lipari, called Malvasia now, 



FIG. 8. The Peripheral and Radial Lines of the Lipari Islands. la. The 

 Peloritan Mountains ; Ib and Ic. Aspromonte ; Id. Fragment of the 

 Vaticano. II. Mass of the Sila. III. Mass of the Cocuzzo, faulted 

 down towards the sea. (From Suess, "The Face of the Earth." 

 p. 83.) 



but more familiar to our ears under its ancient name of 

 Malmsey, first brought by the Normans to our own 

 shores. Here some of the principal inhabitants met us, 

 and, best of all, the well-known guide Bartholomeo, 

 whose services we secured at once and put into 

 immediate requisition, starting between eight and nine 



