FOOTNOTES:
[38] In Catania, the veil of St. Agatha is the only antidote to Etna.
[39] Allusion to the torches, before which the Colosseum and the Antiques and the glaciers, which are both, are seen magically gleaming.
[40] As the Queen of Heaven, Juno is always, by the ancients, clothed in a blue veil.—Hagedorn on Painting.
[41] An old machine that fires many shots at once.
[42] In Italy the stars look not silvery, but golden.
[43] In a tempestuous atmosphere, little flames are emitted by orange-lilies, gold-flowers, sunflowers, Indian pinks, &c.
[44] Probably on fluttering gold plates after the birds.
