CHAPTER V.

The Climate of Malta.--The Furious Gregale.--Liability to Sunstroke.--The African Sirocco.--Cloudless Days.--A Health Resort.--English Church.--View of AEtna.--Volcanic Disturbances. --Will Malta Eventually Disappear?--Native Flora.--Flower-Girls of Valletta.--Absence of Lakes and Rivers.--The Moon-Flower.-- Grand Stone Aqueduct.--After the Roman Plan of Building.-- Fountains.--Results of Irrigation. 86