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SULPHUR. 
formation could only be procured by despatching a 
trustworthy Sicilian miner to make a report. 
Perhaps these mines could only be brought into 
profitable working in the event of the stoppage of a 
supply from Sicily. It has been proposed to es- 
tablish a colony of Maltese at Zafran, on the shore of 
the Syrtis. If this idea were carried out, the sulphur 
mines might by this means be brought into play. 
