text:  A large flotilla of little boats manoeuvring between two of larger size placed to defend the space destined for their operations were now in the full activity of the thunny and spada fishery; and a most picturesque rock right over our bow proved to be no other than _Monte Pelegrino_ at the foot of which lay Palermo and our breakfast--in short after a voyage of little more than a summer's night we are again on _terra firma_ if that name can be given to volcanic soils and long before noon are actively engaged in perambulating the streets of the Sicilian capital of the _faecunda Panormos_