At the foot of the hills we see the long-drawn town, the harbour with its numerous ships, and beyond it groups of alps and rocks.

The boundless sea flows on the spectator's right and left towards Palermo and Naples, while in the direction of Catanea the eye is caught by mountains, with Etna towering among them.
The same evening I embarked on board the Duke of Calabria, for the short trip of twelve or fourteen hours to Palermo.

This steamer has only engines of 80 horse-power, and every thing connected with it is small and confined.

The first-class accommodation is indeed pretty good, but the second-class places are only calculated to contain very few passengers.

Though completely exhausted by my long and fatiguing walk through Messina, I remained on deck, for I could not be happy without seeing Stromboli.