Tales of Old Sicily
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But now, toiling wearily through those lava wastes, he recalled the beliefs associated with the mysterious mountain — the tales of the country folk about the monstrous men who had their home within its bowels, their incessant work forging thunderbolts for Zeus ; the one-eyed giant with his flocks and herds wander- ing in search of pasture. Despite his philosophic training, Hylas was a prey to the superstitious fears of youth, and he trembled.
The travellers at length reached the cone, that less...er mountain rising on the shoulders of the greater. At its base the mules stopped. They could go no further. Only the foot of man, and that with diffi- culty, could mount the remaining three or four hundred paces to the summit. ALtna. Was vomiting 154 TALES OF OLD SICILY.
volumes of vapour from the lips of the crater over- head. These, glowing intermittently as the flames below surged upwards or died down momentarily, rose perpendicularly in a huge and lurid column, v/hich rolled away in the clear sky northward as it caught the breeze from the plain of Katane.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
But now, toiling wearily through those lava wastes, he recalled the beliefs associated with the mysterious mountain — the tales of the country folk about the monstrous men who had their home within its bowels, their incessant work forging thunderbolts for Zeus ; the one-eyed giant with his flocks and herds wander- ing in search of pasture. Despite his philosophic training, Hylas was a prey to the superstitious fears of youth, and he trembled.
The travellers at length reached the cone, that less...er mountain rising on the shoulders of the greater. At its base the mules stopped. They could go no further. Only the foot of man, and that with diffi- culty, could mount the remaining three or four hundred paces to the summit. ALtna. Was vomiting 154 TALES OF OLD SICILY.
volumes of vapour from the lips of the crater over- head. These, glowing intermittently as the flames below surged upwards or died down momentarily, rose perpendicularly in a huge and lurid column, v/hich rolled away in the clear sky northward as it caught the breeze from the plain of Katane.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Alexander Nelson Hood to read onlineMoreLess
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