FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN; CONTAINING A CIVIL AND POLITICAL ACCOUNT OF SICILY, TRIPOLY, TUNIS, AND MALTA: WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, ANECDOTES AND, OBSERVATIONS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE PRESENT STATE OF THOSE COUNTRIES, AND THEIR RELATIVE SITUATION WITH RESPECT TO THE BRITISH EMPIRE. By E. BLAQUIERE, Esq. "Fas est et etiam ab hoste doceri "-Virgil. "Quiconque prefere sa propre gloire aux sentimens de l'humanité, est un monstre LETTERS FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN. LETTER I. Quid tibi pastores Libyæ, quid pascua versu, VIRG. Georg. 3. Preliminary Observations-Geographical Delineations-Description of Tripoly, &c. Tripoly in the West, 1811. REPEATED visits to this regency having enabled me to make some remarks on its present civil and political relations, I address them with pleasure to you; as, from our intimacy, you will, I am sure, excuse my inaccuracies of style and |