Show the barocca bi rocca iiii ri ii llie hot winds of the old world are modi lid forms of the Bi moon the birocco originates in the sahara and travels northward to ane mediterranean and southern europe but it is not so deadly as ita prototype it brings with it preat quantities of the desert sand aud the air becomes r dense at times that the aun is obscured as if by a london fog while it remains on the african it is characterized by a very dryness aa there are no extensive water surfaces to it with moisture As soon however as it is launched over tho jeanean it begins to take up copious draughts eo that when it reaches malta bibily and the southern shores of europe as the wind froni between southeast and it has undergone a change from a hot dry wind to a hot daniff hjad the result of this alteration is that it becomes more enervating to the human constitution jadeed while it prevails from one to several days at a time life is scarcely worth living so depressing and burden someji theina th eini it is the alun beus of horace human energy is quite dissipated under its fatiguing and with a ranging between 00 and degrees the streets of the towns an by it are deserted according to the italians a stupid book ij put down as era scritto in tempo del scirocco T the sicilians the wind is a for although naturally indolent they caboot stand the further loss of energy induced by it during its prevalence iron rusts spoil with mildew meat tarus putrid grapes and green line and paint will nol dry sicily tho birocco abolt a dozen times a year betit is not so frequently mst ms t with in parts there u no the origin of the wind aarbo red iliah daml is still when it arrives an tho northern shores of the and causes a amialy atmosphere |