“Organised brigandage has ceased to exist, but murder and highway robbery are still far too common in the less frequented districts. Travellers rarely suffer to-day, however. It is the wealthy inhabitants who run risks at the hand of the mafia, or lawless Sicilian.” StillsHandsRunningSufferingCommonRiskMurderWealthyHighwaysMafiaTravellerRobberyOrganisedSicilian Book:Sunny Sicily: Its Rustics and Its Ruins Source: Sunny Sicily: Its Rustics and Its Ruins
“No Southern people ever seem to possess the energy of their Northern brothers, and in Sicily a dolce far niente life is much enjoyed. Time is no object. According to Pliny, Aristhomacus watched the life of the bee carefully for fifty-eight years, which is just the sort of work a Sicilian of to-day would like.” PeopleYearsSeemsLife IsEnergyObjectsBrotherEightEnjoyedFiftySouthernBeesSicilian Book:Sunny Sicily: Its Rustics and Its Ruins Source: Sunny Sicily: Its Rustics and Its Ruins