The Life of General Garibaldi / Translated from his private papers; with the history of his splendid exploits in Rome, Lombardy, Sicily and Naples, to the present time.

by Giuseppe Garibaldi

CHAPTER XII.

"And with such care his busy work he plied,

That to naught else his acting thoughts he bent.

In young Rinaldo fierce desires he spied,

And noble heart of rest impatient,

To wealth or sov'reign power he naught applied

His wits, but all to virtue excellent."

Fairfax's Tasso.

GARIBALDI'S POSITION—A PAUSE IN HOSTILITIES—A PERIOD OF PREPARATION—PUBLIC ANXIETY—THE SICILIAN FORTRESSES—CATANIA— MILAZZO—BOATS, MEN AND ARMS COLLECTED AT FARO—LANDING ATTEMPTED AT SCYLLA—A SMALL BODY SUCCEED.