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———Scene 35—Farewell to Scicilly, view of Messina Etna & Stromboli

We have here a view of Scicilly taken from the
coast of Calabria. On the opposite coast is
the cresent shaped city of Messina, with mount
Etna on its right and a little above it, on its
left, the low promontory of Faro with its
tower advancing into the sea as though to
meet the Italian coast, whilst dimly seen in
the distance is the little volcano Stromboli
forming a splendid landscape one of the finest
even in the Mediterranean, a sea whose shores
are remarkable for a variety of Beautiful scenery.

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Scene 36.

Island of Magdalena Sardinia
Garibaldi's house

Our view represents the home of Garibaldi. It is thus
described by one who visited the general.

I was
recieved,"

"by the General, who came to the
door to welcome me which he did in such terms,
that I at once felt myself at ease.

The garden round the house is uncultivated except
where patches of vegitables are planted

The house is of very modest pretentions though
comfortably furnished. Many things belonging
to his mother and his late wife he called my
attention to with a sadness so intense that I
felt the warm tears running down my cheeks

The room in which Garibaldi slept, was
fitted up like a ships cabin, every part of
the house was scrupulously clean.

Surely, if any place deserves to be kept i
the memory of mankind, the house of the
brave simple and patriotic liberator of
Italy, will merit a place among the
worlds most suggestive localities.

Some very amusing anecdotes are told of
Garibaldi—I will read you the following.

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Scene 37—Bear Rock. Straits of Magdalena
Island of Sardinia

The northern coast of Sardinia is broken up
into clusters of islands, between which and
the mainland is a narrow and torturous
passage called "the Passage of Magdalena"
fine weather and daylight are necessary for
its safe navigation for the turnings are
abrupt, the currents capricious, and the
coast on either side a succession of frowning
rocks, high towering ridges, beetling crags
in every variety of fantastic form.
Dark mysterious caverns receding here
and there, Save all arid bleak and
desolate, save occaisonally, a solitary
fishermans cabin, or penal prison
station for Political offenders

One of the most striking objects is the
representation of a Bear in the natural
rock, crowning the extreamity of a
small gulf on the Sardinian coast.

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Scene 38 The Bagno di Ischia—the prison
of Poerio & Pirouti.

The view is a well authenticated sketch of the
prison cell. in the infirmary of the Bagno di Ischia
in which Baron Poerio and his companions
were confined so many years, A soldier
pretends to have overheard the prisoners
speaking disrespectfully of the Neopolitan
government,—orders were issued to have
all the prisoners again chained to the wall.
The medical man of the prison declared Poeri
was not in a state to bear so severe a
punishment, and he was only allowed to
recieve from his family only one carline [gap of 3chars]
per day. Now the prison in which this
victim of the Neapolitan constitution was
confined is so exposed, that without fire
the prisoners would perish of cold, and
the fourpence 8 cents a day will scarcely pay for
firewood, independent of which Poerio
was in such a wretched state of health
as to require many comforts, such as
are accorded to the very worst criminals
were refused to this [gap of 3chars] friend and adviser
of the ex king of Scicilly.

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In the view before us we have Poerio and
Piruti chained to two felons—The chains
are linked to a large ring in the centre
of the four beds, these chains are made
fast to a strong leathern strap round the
waists of the men. The figure on the
left is Poerio that on the right Piruti.
In Gladstone in a letter to series of
letters to the earl of Aberdeen, laid bare
some of the iniquities of Neapolitan
misrule. He narrated facts of which
he had been the eye-witness, and showed
what atrocities were committed in
Naples, in the outraged name of
Justice—

———Scene 39—

Chamber of horrors, Monreale Prison Scicily.

Some detailed and circumstancial
accounts of the dreadful cruelties of the King
of Naples towards the Sicilians are stated
in a p [gap of 3chars] amphlet by a french gentlemen
(M Charles del Averen) many of the cases in this
narrative are too horrible for the public ear

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Scene 3 40

The Bagno of Nisida the Prison
of Carlo Poerio

This is a prison where the victims of
the this government of Naples but we wish
give enough for you money I will
just reherse a little anecdote here
A man was walking up a street and
saw a paper in a window [gap of 3chars] teeth
taken out for a shilling

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Scene 41

The Battle of Mallazo

Long before you come to the coast of
Melazzo, you see an isolated rock resembling
somewhat that of Gibralter. On it stands
the citadel of Melazzo occupying an area of
half a square mile and falling off baldly on
all sides. At the foot of it, towards the
land side, lies the town. both are con­
nected by a narrow strip of land with the
mainland. The bend of the neck of land
forms one of the most commodious
harbours in Sicily. This ground was the
theatre of the Battle of Malazzo. The fight
lasted for hours, in the heat of the
day. The Neapolitans mainly stood on the
defensive firing from behind [gap of 1chars] No Sonewall Jackson
the Sicilians losing heavily throughout.

In order to dislodge the enemy, the company
of Genoese Rifles were sent into the thicket.
The canes were so close that it was only
with difficulty the men could pass.
The genoese were wild with rage, man
after man was falling and they could not
get a sight of the enemy who was around
them.