Savonarola, monk, 309.
Scanderbeg, 65, 176.
Scarolla, brigand, 144.
“Scemo” (soft-witted), the unforgivable sin, 107, 124.
Scheuchzer, J. J., 104.
Schneegans, A., 228.
Schulz, H. W., 39, 202.
Scido, village, 270.
Scilatio, 281.
Scirocco, south wind, its effect upon landscape, io; on character, 90.
Sculco, Dr., 297.
Scylla, 240.
“Sdrago,” the dragon, 104.
Sebethus, river, 80.
“Seicentismo,” blight of south Italy, 252.
Selva Umbra, forest, 21.
Semi-starvation, demoralizing effects of, 41.
Seneca, 251.
Serpents, assimilated with dragons, 100; our early hatred of, 105.
Serra San Bruno, 293, 295.
Servius, 281.
Sheep, and wolves, 221.
Shem, son of Noah, 29.
Shepherds, of Sila, 221; of Cotrone, 301; their kissing propensities,
315.
Sicily, under Saracens, 136; under Normans, 137.
Sigilgaita, 38.
Sila, mountain plateau, its three divisions, 195; the “Greek” Sila,
176; Greater Sila, its landscape, 204; Bruttian inhabitants, 208;
compared with Scotland, 219; vegetation, 220; the Lesser Sila, 223.
Silenziario, P., 91.
Silver mines, of Longobucco, 202.
Sin, an export-article, 256.
Sinno, river, 95, 99, 149, 286.
Sinopoli, 240, 243, 244.
Sipontum, its famous church, 29; wholly desolate, 30.
Sirens, as fountain ornaments, 45.
Sirino, mountain, 151.
Siris, ancient city, 95.
Sixtus V, 213, 215.
Slavery, 139.
Snakes, their colour, 52; medicinal uses, 57; destroyed with spittle,
138.
Socialism in Italy, 96.
Soria, F. A., 143.
South Italy, its recent revival, 91, 298.
Soverato, town, 295.
Spanish Viceroys, blighting effects of their rule, 57, 252, 253;
enactments against Barbary pirates, 139; conservators of forests, 218.
Spano-Bolani, D., 134.
Spartacus, 214.
Spezzano Albanese, town, 172-174.
Spinazzola, town, 62-64.
Spinelli’s chronicle, a forgery, 3.
Spleen, importance of this organ, 152, 307.
Squillace, town, 135, 295.
Stagno Salso, lake, 21.
Staiti, town, 272. Stamer, W. J. A., 50.
Statius, 80.
Stendhal, _quoted,_ 125, 276.
Stilo, town, in, 292.
Stoics, victims of misfeeding, 126.
Stomach-diseases, prevalence of, 126.
“Stone of Saint Michael,” a fraudulent article, 23, 26.
Strabo, 23, 80, 87, 197, 204, 283, 284.
Strongoli (Petelia), 224, 314, 316.
Sturgeon, caught at Cotrone, 320.
Sugar-cane, formerly cultivated, 136.
Suicides look manly, 84.
Sulphur mines, 315.
Summonte, G. A., 140.
Swammerdam, J., 105.
Swedenborg, E., 310.
Swinburne, A., 116.
Swinburne, H., 78, 115, 319.
Sybaris, 89, 108, 195; its buried wealth, 115; destruction of, 175,
196, 311; presumably malarious of old, 115, 282-283.