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long we shall remain in Sicily is quite un¬ 
certain, neither have we yet determined how 
we shall proceed homewards from thence. 
We may either take our passage in a vessel 
from Messina to some English port, or we 
may go to Marseilles and so home through 
France. This sudden alteration in our plans 
will prevent us from seeing some parts of 
Malta which we had intended to have visited 
when the spring was more advanced. We 
wished to have explored the south-west 
coast, and to have visited Citta Vecchia, 
and the “ Boschetto.” This place from its 
name and from the annexed view, appears 
to he more woody and pleasant than any 
other part of the island. 
After going on board several vessels in 
the harbour, we have at length taken our 
passage in a small brig, bound for Mascali, 
which lies twenty or thirty miles this side of 
