438 Defcription of the Ifland and City of Matta, by C. Robert, { Jan. 1s 
fs ufed, quam Petrus psi. Agere is 
@ fimilar error in a fentence, quoted from 
Milton, in Lowth’s Grammar (article 
Conjunéious), in which indeed the pro- 
noun is in the right cafe, but the verb is 
omitted : 
Nor hope to be myfelf lefs miferable 
By what I feek, but others to make fuch 
As i. 
It fhould be fuch as ** I am;”’ for, 
otherwife, the verb ‘* make” mutt be 
fupplied, contrary to the mcaning intend- 
ed, and the words would then be ‘* others 
to make fuch as I (make.)” 
In the fame page there is a quotation 
from the Guardian, which feems ttili more. 
vacuely exprefled than tse preceding. 
«¢ The lover got a woman of greater for- 
tune than fer he had miffed 3°? which the 
Dr. corrects and fupplies thus: ‘* The 
lover got a woman of greater fortune than 
fhe (was, whom) he had miffed. In the 
firft place the word was ought to be ex- 
prefled, as it cannot be elliptically under- 
ftood. According to the ftructure of the 
words, how repugnant foever to fenle, the 
fentence, when fupplied, would be, ** The 
Jover got a woman of greater fortune than 
fhe (got) whom he had mifled.”” 2dly, It 
may be obferved, that the word denoting 
comparifon is prefixed to “ fortune.” 
<« The lover got a woman—of greater for~ 
tune—it may be—than bers was;” 1, €. 
than the fortune of her was, whom he had 
mifled. If, however, it is intended to 
compare one woman with the adjunét of 
<* oreater fortune,’ with the other, the 
ambiguity might as well have been remov- 
ed by a, ‘little circumlocution: ‘* The 
lover get a woman who pofiefied a greater 
fortune than fhe, whom he had miffed :”’ 
Since the ellipfis, in the other form, when 
fully fupplied, introduces avery aukward 
combination of words, fuch as, ** The 
lover got a woman of greater forrune than 
the was ef, whom he had miffed.” 
I fhall make but one quotation more, 
from a periodical publication of laft Sep- 
tember, merely to fhew the general incli- 
nation to difpenfe with even che neceflary 
aid of auxiliaries, on any occafion. The 
fentence is: ** And we fhall be much 
pleafed to fe this aitempt annually con- 
tinued, which Mr. F. promifes it fhall.” 
The word be is omitted. 
Thefe remarks are offered with becom- 
ing diffidence; which circumftance, it is 
hoped, will preclude unneceflary critical 
animadverfion. 
Iam, Sir, your's, &c. 
Crouch-End, Nov. 10; 1804. jJ.G 
For the Monthly Magexine. 
A Defcription of the 1sLAND and CITY of 
MALTA, Sy CITIZEN ROBERT, chief 
PHYSICIAN fo the MILITARY HOSPI- 
TAL of MALTA. x 
ALTA is fituated in the middle of 
the Mediterraneas, between Bar- 
bary and Sicily, in latitude 35° 30’ longi- 
tude 32°30’. This ifland, which has for 
its batis a calcareous reck, contains, ac- 
cording to feveral travellers, nothing in- 
terefting to the natural hiftorian except 2 
a few foffils. Its figure is irregular, com- 
pofed of tmall valleys, defiles, and hills ; 
and may be repretented as a plain inclin- 
ing from the fouth weft to the north-eaf, 
fo that the calcareous ftrata, of which it is 
entirely compofed, are very nearly paral- 
le] to each ether, rifing towards the fouth. 
eait, where they form declivities nearly 
two hundred toifes above the level of the. 
fea. Achain of low mountains, running 
from fouth-eaft to north-welt, divides the 
ifland through the middle, fo that oniy 
one half of the country can be feen from 
the city. Malta is feven leagues in length, 
three in breadth, and twenty-one in cir- 
cumference. 
The city is fituated to the north-eat 
of the ifland, on the borders of the fea, and 
is divided into the eafern and wettern city. 
The la& is called Valetre, from the name 
of its tounder: it is built on a peniofula 
between two fpacious harbours; to the 
f.uth-eaft is found the large port, and te 
the north-eaft that of Marfamuchet. The 
eaftern city is divided into two parallel 
portions, the one called Burmola, and the 
other Ilola, which are alfo fituated ke- 
twixt two large ports, contiguous to the 
great harbour, whicn they cut perpencicu- 
larly. hele natural harbours afford a 
fafe thelter to veflels navigating the Medi- 
terranean, and appear to be fo conveni- 
ently formed as not even to admit of any 
improvement from the interference of art. 
The city of Valette, aithough built up- 
on irregular and broken ground, is ne- 
verthelefs extremely handfome. The 
houfes are low ; they have all one or more 
balconies and a terrace for walking on ; 
the apartments are large, commodious, 
and well-lighted, and the cielings are ex- 
tremely lotty. 
The ftreets are wide, with commodious 
foot-paths on each fide; they are paved 
with flat fquare ftones, and fo free from 
mud, that even during winter the feet re- 
main perfectly dry. The four principal 
ftreets run in a parallel dire€tion from 
north-eaftt to fouch-weft. Under each 
ftreet is acanal, which carries off all ee 
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