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tirely exposed. We passed a very uncom¬ 
fortable night, the vessel pitching heavily. 
In the morning we went on shore to buy 
provisions, for Captain R-—, to whom we 
had entrusted the business of laying in a sea- 
stock, appeared, from the scanty manner in 
which he had provided for us, to have calcu¬ 
lated upon our having a very short voyage 
indeed. On landing we first went to a little 
dirty inn, and satisfied our present appetites 
with some broiled fish and eggs, for no meat 
of any kind could be procured. The town of 
Milazzo is a miserable place, swarming with 
beggars of all ages, but chiefly children, and the 
country in the nighbourhood is very flat and 
uninteresting. After a long inland walk we 
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returned to the town, tired and dispirited, 
and sat down to rest ourselves in a coffee¬ 
house kept by a very fat woman named Rosa. 
Here we remained more than two hours 
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