. Italy; handbook for travellers. .The extinct crater in the interior of the island rises nearly 2000 the sea. Numerous hot mineral springs still afford evidenceof slumbering volcanic agency. The inhabitants, 7000 in number,speak a peculiar dialect compounded of Arabic and Italian, andcarry on a considerable trade in the excellent figs, raisins, capers,and other products of their island. Pantelleria was the Cossyra ofantiquity. It vras occupied by the Phoenicians at an early chief village (2500 inhab.) lies on the side of the is-land. The citadel contains an Italian pe
. Italy; handbook for travellers. .The extinct crater in the interior of the island rises nearly 2000 the sea. Numerous hot mineral springs still afford evidenceof slumbering volcanic agency. The inhabitants, 7000 in number,speak a peculiar dialect compounded of Arabic and Italian, andcarry on a considerable trade in the excellent figs, raisins, capers,and other products of their island. Pantelleria was the Cossyra ofantiquity. It vras occupied by the Phoenicians at an early chief village (2500 inhab.) lies on the side of the is-land. The citadel contains an Italian penal colony. The steamer from Palermo doubles the conspicuous Cape Bon,with its lighthouse, and enters the P>ay of Tunis. To the E. of theentrance lie the small Djamur Islands (Zembra, the /Egimurus ofthe ancients, and Zemhrettu). The steamers from Cagliari and Mar- IS^Ll MA LIES I 1 Port Ch>***^ * .^- ;l. 1^- .\\\V Port CM^^ \j, CV • • ? ,.o,„ii,„ MALTA C7K^-^&*2|^-^^ , ?tiKaSiiroo »;J^irolaJioi-k. Geogr Ansl vTVkgner 4 Debes Leipzig •3 S N ?« I rt (S r- cc ^
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