onists.--Arabian Dynasty.--A Piratical
Rendezvous.--Suez Canal.--Two Sorts of Travelers.--Gibraltar.
--Harbor of Valletta.--A Place of Arms.--Various Bays of the
Group.--Dimensions.--Extensive Commerce of the Port. 1

CHAPTER II.

Island of Hyperia.--Where St. Paul was Wrecked.--An
Historical Bay.--Rock-Cut Tombs.--Curious and Unique
Antiquities.--Sovereignty of the Knights of St. John.--An
Anomalous Brotherhood.--Sailor-Monks.--Ancient Galleys.--A
Famous Barbary Corsair.--Antique Norwegian Vessel.--Navy of
the Knights.--Barbaric Warfare.--About the Maltese Nobility.
--Romantic History.--"Arabian Nights."--Valletta the Beautiful. 21

CHAPTER III.

The Maltese Group.--Comino.--Cave Life.--Verdant Gozo.--Isle
of Filfla.--Curious Lizards.--Loss of an Ironclad.--Mysterious
Wheel-Tracks.--Earthquakes.--Population.--Military Depot.--
Youthful Soldiers.--Quarantine.--Arrival of the Knights.--
Immorality.--Harbor Defenses.--Land Fortifications.--Charming
Photographic View.--The Stars and Stripes Abroad.--The
Eight-Pointed Maltese Cross.--Peculiar Sunset Scene. 41

CHAPTER IV.

The Soil of Malta.--Imports and Exports.--Absence of Trees.
--Equable Climate.--Three Crops Annually.--Use of Fertilizers.
--Ignorant and Pious Peasantry.--Food of the People.--Maltese
Women.--Oriental Customs.--Roman Catholic Influence.--
Improvisation.--Early Marriages.--A Resort for the Pope.--Low
Wages.--Beggars.--Wind Storms.--Blood Oranges.--The Carob-Tree.
--Maltese Lace.--Sailing along the Shore. 64

CHAPTER V.

The Climate of Malta.--The Furious Gregale.--Liability to
Sunstroke.--The African Sirocco.--Cloudless Days.--A Health
Resort.--English Church.--View of AEtna.--Volcanic Disturbances.
--Will Malta Eventually Disappear?--Native Flora.--Flower-Girls
of Valletta.--Absence of Lakes and Rivers.--The Moon-Flower.--
Grand Stone Aqueduct.--After the Roman Plan of Building.--
Fountains.--Results of Irrigation. 86

CHAPTER VI.

Homer's Fabled Siren.--Singular Topographical Formation in
Gozo.--Beautiful Island Groves.--Fertile Grain-Fields.--
Flowering Hedges.--Aromatic Honey.--Herds of Goats.--A
Favorite Domestic Product.--Milk Supply.--Prolific Sheep.--A
Maltese Market.--Quail Shooting.--Rabbato, Capital of Gozo.
--The Old Citadel.--Lace Manufacture.--Prehistoric Ruins.--The
Giant's T