Arum lily (A. aracunculus), 143.

Arvo, river, 217, 220.

Asceticism, introduction into south Italy, 251 seq.; its pernicious effects, 260.

Aspromonte, 195, 240; reputation for crime, 245, 246; its contorted structure, 270; Byzantine settlements in, 272.

Athos, mount, 113.

Augustine, saint, 256.

Augustus, professes scorn of luxury, 92.

“Avanti,” a corrupt rag, 280.

Ayrola, P., bishop, 251.

Babylonia, Sultan of, 37.