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OF

ANCIENT MANNERS AND CUSTOMS,

DISCOVERABLE IN

MODERN ITALY AND SICILY.

BY THE REV. JOHN JAMES BLUNT,

FELLOW OF ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; AND LATE ONE OF THE
TRAVELLING BACHELORS OF THAT UNIVERSITY.

TO

THE MOST NOBLE

THE MARQUESS OF STAFFORD,

THE FOLLOWING PAGES

ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

IN GRATITUDE

FOR THOSE SUBSTANTIAL ACTS OF KINDNESS,

WHICH THE AUTHOR'S FAMILY

HAS EXPERIENCED

FROM

THE HOUSE OF TRENTHAM.