Gell, William: The geography and antiquities of Ithaca (London, 1807)

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our repast, we resolved to spend the day in a place where
interesting history was combined with such delightful scene-
ry, and we accordingly dispatched our boat to the city,
with our letters of recommendation. The southern shore
of Ithaca presents a rocky, but not perpendicular, barrier
to the sea. On the extreme point, a very small chapel is
erected, and dedicated to St. Juanne Buarra: a few terraces
have been made at a small distance above the edifice, and
are capable of cultivation. Westward from this Cape of
St. John, or Agiani, a little bay called Andri appears. It is
safe as an anchorage during the summer months. Near it
is also a spot of cultivated ground, and a church erected, in
compliance with the Greek custom, by the proprietor of
the soil. There is a cave above it, in the rocks, at no great
distance. From the beach where we landed, which is on
the eastern side of the isle, and not far from the cape, we
proceeded up a very rugged path towards the precipice,
till we arrived at a spot where the strata of the rocks, dis-
posed in steps, present a curious and singular natural de-
scent to a fountain called Pegada, or the well frequented by
the shepherds of the vicinity. The fountain is represented in

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