MALTA AND SICILY. 
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LETTER VII. 
Marseilles, May 2nd, 1834 . 
We are at length safely landed at this port 
after a most wearisome voyage of nearly five 
weeks! The distance is only about six 
hundred miles, and the passage is frequently 
made in four or five days, but we have 
sailed at the least twelve hundred miles, and 
have been compelled to take refuge in seve¬ 
ral ports since we left Messina. 
We sailed on Monday night, March 24th: 
during the day the wind had changed in our 
favour, bringing with it a delightfully warm 
and spring-like temperature, and with these 
fair prospects at the beginning of our voyage, 
we hoped for a speedy termination. Our situ- 
