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they cling, and nurture so lovingly that it
/ returns them, conditions being considered,
the most bounteouS and luxuriant rewards
OF any equal area on the face of the earths
"tlower OF the earth they cali the treelEs
spot. My country adored'' thayAets9
name the caSsel or village wherssfheyare
born. And as the purgatory'' II penancss
spot they know any other land Seneaaap The
sun to which necessity has led them
nave noticed this same almost Dathe1-
lcally desperate affection for ones birth
spot to be true in other rugged and sterile
aoodes OF men. Nothing could inducssthe
| halI-Irozen people of La bradOr to ouiStnose
regions of silence and desolationg TAg
| Highland crofter of Scotland is a sfiritIs8,
| heartoroken man when forced kroasF his
wild straths and glens. Who that has
stepped foot on the Arran Islands, off Gal
| way, ever saw other such pictures of hope
| less poverty and sufferingl Yet for gene ra-
tons their people have chung to the rocks,
| ike the dolorous puffins which nest in
their sides amid the Atlantic's howliugs
| and no power has been sufficient to tear
| them away from their starvation and
Indebtedness.
1t was a curious thing, too, to learn from
the Iunlslan that the peasantry of Malta
were more Berber and Arab races than of
Greek, Italian and Spanish. By all afTini-
ties. save the one of religion, he claimed
them as brethren to man. In their Gus
TOMS, SuperstltlonS and many of their
nomeslde ways, as well as in nearly all
methods. or rather want of method, in
agriculture they are, he claimed, precisely
like the Berber tribe farmers in the valleys
behind Tunis and AlgierszfBut more strik-
ing than all else, in peo5f that the Maltese
were his kindred, was his claim which 1
have since foundsto be true, sth&t.~while
nearly all spoke alsort- pfs4shgiish, Italian
or Spanish patois, every one could az anY,ai
moment cross into Northern Africa and
converse with the natives in measufably
pure Arabic tongue. ~
1--WE are at Malta senior. Woufd Won 4
look upon sleeping Valetta from Tie sea in
the early morning2n III
Such was the CHEEKY caH of our captsis
as we approached the lbst famous island |
OF the Mediterranean. Whsfi reached the
deck our craft lay IRzE1e distant from |
port, almost imperceptibly moving towards
the white island and winter city over a
sea, with sails scarcely filed by |
the faintest of breezes which merely |
of the morning, for the sun /
seemed to stand tremendous globe OF
crimson on the sea-horizon, away over
there between Greece and Crete
My eyes never before behed so tran
scendent and radiant a scene. The whole
bosom Of the sea seemed enveloped in
iowny mantle of pearl, gold and crimson,
winch, lying low upon the water, showed
matchlesS changes of color, and
possessed the added marvellous effect of
fitting all discernible objects to an un-
vomiting altitude.
Our brigantine, with other Graf here and
here about US, appeared to ride upon an
'paiescent, intangible yet palpable surface
II softly flaming cloud. Though Sicily law
lxty miles TO the north, its shore-line,
fitted vertically, and not in mirage, showed |
trangely near, with the huge cone of H,tua
ike spear-head of silver above.
But where are the words with which to
'alnt for anOther's seeing the island and its |
ncient city of the knights as they rose out
4 the pulsing, throbbing tints Of that glo-
1ous morning witcheryi If one could dream
nat the gods had transformed the sea into |
bed OF cameo rose, and through cycles of
lme, with their most cunning artifcers
;rougnt 1t into miracles OF fligree, and !
hen chiseled upon it white relief of the u
stands area, whose wondrous design had
Eliminated in outlines and detail of massive
randeur and matchlesS simplicity whore
ae city of fortresses and palaces stood II
ague hint Of this morning scene co1idd .
pine with the dreaming and seeming. III
And on this morning, as we slowly gljaed Y
Ito the eastern Of the two ports, and the |
leal gradually resolved into the real, the
ind, following the imagery Of the cameo,
5 setting, and those who wrought loved
} hnger on the thought that those who
ruught, loved to linger on the thought
lat those who had built had left their
iracle Of labor silent and still as a ghostly
I'd stately housing for all who came Ut
r silence brooded over the vast bleached
1ttlements. Escarpments, terraces, bas-
0ns, entablatures and huge fat roofs were
eless and still The shipping was flag
IS, apparently crewless, and still as
ough craven from onyx INTO the picture 4
DIT an oar stirred the mirroring harbor L
ot more still or pregnant with mystery is
e Lghian Sphinx than was every strange E
tect upon whish the eye might rest Not (
hing having life stirred or was visible, :
We when our craft swung around and .
eyed gently at her anchor the rays OF z
e sun, shooting over Vittoriosa's ram Il
rts, struck ike golden spears upon St.
mos bastions. They routed a myriad
owsy iackeaws, which rose in foelts aad 4
arsely screamed This was ourSonly | e
IL ONE 70 Malta and impregnabfe Va q
Ia EDGAR L. WAFgNAS..s