LETTERS FROM MALTA AND SICILY. 
LETTER I. 
Steam-Packet, “ Flamer,” 
Gibraltar Harbour , Nov. 18 th y 1833. 
Some years ago, when reading that most in¬ 
teresting book, “ Drinkwater’s History of the 
Siege of Gibraltar,” I thought that nothing 
could give me greater pleasure than a visit to 
the wonderful “ rock,” where our countrymen 
made such a gallant defence and endured so 
many hardships. And now, when my desire 
has unexpectedly been gratified, what can be 
more tantalizing than my present situation— 
in the harbour of Gibraltar, but not allowed 
to set my foot upon the shore. 
B 
