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Chap. IV. 

 Maritime honours — English travellers — Palermo and 



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Chap. V. 



Passage from Palermo to Malta — Soundings between 

 Sicily and the island of Malta, and between this 

 last and Africa — Coasts of Sicily — Pantalaria-— 

 Isle of Malta ; its nature, its cities , its produc- 

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Chap. VI. 



Meteorological observations — Galleys of Malta — Po- 

 litical and philosophical glance at the Order of 

 Malta — Antiquities and idiom of the island of 

 Malta — Maltese dogs — Passage from Malta to the 

 island of Canctia — Sailing birds — Arrival in 



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Chap. VII. 



Desert of Libya—Coasts of Egypt — Towers of the 

 Jrabs — Landing at Alexandria — Its ports — Its 

 commerce — Glimpse of the city of Alexandria 9 1 



Chap. VIII. 



Modern Alexandria — Its inhabitants — Jews — Spirit 

 of revenge — Assassination of the Consul of Alexan- 

 dria , and of a Dutchman — Language — Ruins 10 1 



Chap. 



