The boy travellers in southern Europe : adventures of two youths in a journey through Italy, southern France, and Spain, with visits to Gibraltar and the islands of Sicily and Malta (1893)
Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896 · New York : Harper & Brothers · leaf 422
h of these intervals varying from timeto time. The captain of the steamer said that for a long while the ex-plosions had been taking place every eight minutes. Frank regrettedthat it was daytime instead of night, so that they might see the explo-sions ; but the captain informed him that they were… … daytime the mountain is visiblefor a long distance, and at nightthese explosions must be equalto a light burning and flashingon a high tower. That is quite true, FrankrepHed; and for centuries Stromboh has been known as The Light-house of the Mediterranean. It is one of the best light-houses…
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