Some of the public streets of the city are quite steep, so as to be impassable for vehicles,-like those of valetta in the island of Malta, and those in the English part of Hong Kong.
"Due North or Glimpses of Scandinavia and Russia"
Maturin M. Ballou
How happy I was when I at length embarked on board the "valetta," and knew that in six days more I should tread French ground!
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot
A French fleet had appeared off valetta in the month of March in the hope of effecting a surprise; but the admiral, Brueys, judging the effort too hazardous, sent an awkward explanation, which only served to throw the knights into the arms of Russia.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose