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PANORAMA OF CORFU. 43
the north-west, with a beautiful range of richly-feathered hills, join-
ing the high and rocky Pantokrator, which rises into two conical
summits of equal height, from which the coast of Italy near Otranto,
is visible in clear weather. This mountain is known to the Greeks
by the name of Pantokrator, from its commanding situation. It
is called Saint Salvatore by the Italians.
The side of the mountain is speckled with villages, and inter-
spersed with wood. Beyond this, in the direction of the Adriatic,
the commencement of the Acroceraunian crags is distinctly seen,
forming a rugged outline, with their precipitous tops shooting up
into the clouds.
Turning eastward, the grand chain of the Chaonian, Thesprotian,1
and Cassopsean mountains are discovered, overtopped by loftier ranges
of the Molossian summits; amongst which the distant Tomaros is
distinguished, glittering with snow. The Epirote mountains assume
a great variety of forms, some are covered with wood, cultivated
towards their bases, and peopled with a few Albanian villages;
amongst which, Konospoli and Leopsi are the chief. The ancient
ports of Cassiope, Posidion, and Pelodes2 are visible: near the
latter, the ruins of Buthroton3 are distinguished across the chan-
nel, at about eighteen miles4 distance from Corfu. The pass and
grand precipices about the river Thyamis, with the islands and port
of Sybota, form a varied and beautiful part of the picture, which is
considerably enriched by the two insulated rocks and forts, rising
from the Esplanade, breaking the line of the Epirote coast. The
Cheimerian promontory is seen faintly fading towards the port of
Glykis, the river Acheron, and the gulph of Arta. More to the
south is the open sea, the islands of Leucadia, the low land of the
Leukimnian promontory, and beyond it the island of Paxos, The
picture is closed by the mountains of Corfu, which rise behind the
town, above the old port.
1 Scylax says, that in his time the Thesprotians lived in villages (wra Ktofiag). Peripl.
2 Now Pelodi. 3 Now Butrinto. * Pliny, Nat, Hist. b. 4. c. 12, savs twelve.
G2
the north-west, with a beautiful range of richly-feathered hills, join-
ing the high and rocky Pantokrator, which rises into two conical
summits of equal height, from which the coast of Italy near Otranto,
is visible in clear weather. This mountain is known to the Greeks
by the name of Pantokrator, from its commanding situation. It
is called Saint Salvatore by the Italians.
The side of the mountain is speckled with villages, and inter-
spersed with wood. Beyond this, in the direction of the Adriatic,
the commencement of the Acroceraunian crags is distinctly seen,
forming a rugged outline, with their precipitous tops shooting up
into the clouds.
Turning eastward, the grand chain of the Chaonian, Thesprotian,1
and Cassopsean mountains are discovered, overtopped by loftier ranges
of the Molossian summits; amongst which the distant Tomaros is
distinguished, glittering with snow. The Epirote mountains assume
a great variety of forms, some are covered with wood, cultivated
towards their bases, and peopled with a few Albanian villages;
amongst which, Konospoli and Leopsi are the chief. The ancient
ports of Cassiope, Posidion, and Pelodes2 are visible: near the
latter, the ruins of Buthroton3 are distinguished across the chan-
nel, at about eighteen miles4 distance from Corfu. The pass and
grand precipices about the river Thyamis, with the islands and port
of Sybota, form a varied and beautiful part of the picture, which is
considerably enriched by the two insulated rocks and forts, rising
from the Esplanade, breaking the line of the Epirote coast. The
Cheimerian promontory is seen faintly fading towards the port of
Glykis, the river Acheron, and the gulph of Arta. More to the
south is the open sea, the islands of Leucadia, the low land of the
Leukimnian promontory, and beyond it the island of Paxos, The
picture is closed by the mountains of Corfu, which rise behind the
town, above the old port.
1 Scylax says, that in his time the Thesprotians lived in villages (wra Ktofiag). Peripl.
2 Now Pelodi. 3 Now Butrinto. * Pliny, Nat, Hist. b. 4. c. 12, savs twelve.
G2