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LETTERS FROM 
LETTER V. 
Sliema, March lstf, 1834. 
Our friend, Dr. -, inquires, whether 
Malta would be a suitable winter residence 
for those invalids who require a warmer tem¬ 
perature than can be secured in any part 
of England. An opinion of the climate, 
founded on an experience of three months 
only, will not be of much value, and we 
have been too much engaged to pay very 
close attention to the subject, for, except in 
very wet weather, almost all our hours of 
daylight have been occupied in endeavour¬ 
ing, by the utmost diligence in collecting, 
to compensate in some degree for the ex- 
