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I fhall now proceed to defcrlbe the ob- 

 jeds which appeared to merit notice in the 

 interior part of Felicuda. This ifland, when 

 feen from the fea, at a little diftance, has 

 the appearance of a number of mountains 

 heaped together ; one of which, fituated in 

 the centre, is much higher than the reft, 

 rifing, perhaps, half a mile above the level 

 of the fea. After having examined the bafe 

 or fliore of the ifland, 1 proceeded, there- 

 fore, to the fummit of this mountain, taking 

 my way towards the eaft, as, on that fide, 

 the road is leaft difficult. The afcent is not 

 one of the moft fatiguing; for though we 

 meet with fteep precipices in fome parts of 

 it, they are prefently fucceeded by gentle 

 declivities, which relieve wearinefs and re- 

 ftore ftrength. 



When I had reached the fummit of th^ 

 central mountain, I perceived that it inclofed 

 a capacious hollow called Fo[[d delle Felcl 

 (the ditch of fern) becaufe it formerly was 

 overgrown with that plant j though when I 

 was there it had been all rooted up, with 



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