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48 ISLAND AND TOWN OF SANTA MAURA.
We slept in our boat, and early the next morning proceeded on
our way to Santa Maura.
We passed near a port called Phanari. The coast of Epiros is
rocky ; the mountains are bold and striking; I was surprised to see
snow upon their summits at this season, and in this latitude. Olive
groves and cultivation are visible near the sea.
As we coasted along we passed near the ruins of Nicopolis, and
the entrance of the Ambracian gulph, and saw the town and port of
Prebeza : in the evening we arrived at the ill-built town of Santa
Maura,1 landed at the fort, and walked over the low modern aque-
duct of three hundred and sixty-six arches, which, crossing the salt
marsh, or Lagune, conveys water to the castle.
The church of Santa Maura, (the tutelar saint of the island,)
stands within the fort, and is a poor edifice.
We had a letter from the President of the Republic to the resident
senators of the island. They lodged us in a private-house, the owner
being from home; we had good accommodations, and found a per-
son who procured provisions for us at a reasonable price. We were
treated with so much respect, owing to the President's letter, that
two Albanian soldiers were placed at our door, as a guard of honour,
and it was impossible to move without being accompanied by them;
it was with great difficulty that we could persuade the senators to let
us remain quiet and unnoticed.
The Leucadian peninsula, which formed a part of Acarnania, ac-
cording to some, derived its name from Leucas, a companion of
Ulysses ; but its most probable2 etymology is from the white rocks
at the s. e. of the island called the Lover's Leap. The eastern pro-
montory of Corcyra, for a similar reason, was called Leukimna; and
the white cliffs of Dover gave our island the name of Albion. In the
The town of Santa Maura is about sixty-four miles from the capital of Corfu.
- Strabo, b. 10. p. 352.
We slept in our boat, and early the next morning proceeded on
our way to Santa Maura.
We passed near a port called Phanari. The coast of Epiros is
rocky ; the mountains are bold and striking; I was surprised to see
snow upon their summits at this season, and in this latitude. Olive
groves and cultivation are visible near the sea.
As we coasted along we passed near the ruins of Nicopolis, and
the entrance of the Ambracian gulph, and saw the town and port of
Prebeza : in the evening we arrived at the ill-built town of Santa
Maura,1 landed at the fort, and walked over the low modern aque-
duct of three hundred and sixty-six arches, which, crossing the salt
marsh, or Lagune, conveys water to the castle.
The church of Santa Maura, (the tutelar saint of the island,)
stands within the fort, and is a poor edifice.
We had a letter from the President of the Republic to the resident
senators of the island. They lodged us in a private-house, the owner
being from home; we had good accommodations, and found a per-
son who procured provisions for us at a reasonable price. We were
treated with so much respect, owing to the President's letter, that
two Albanian soldiers were placed at our door, as a guard of honour,
and it was impossible to move without being accompanied by them;
it was with great difficulty that we could persuade the senators to let
us remain quiet and unnoticed.
The Leucadian peninsula, which formed a part of Acarnania, ac-
cording to some, derived its name from Leucas, a companion of
Ulysses ; but its most probable2 etymology is from the white rocks
at the s. e. of the island called the Lover's Leap. The eastern pro-
montory of Corcyra, for a similar reason, was called Leukimna; and
the white cliffs of Dover gave our island the name of Albion. In the
The town of Santa Maura is about sixty-four miles from the capital of Corfu.
- Strabo, b. 10. p. 352.