Goodisson, William: A historical and topographical essay upon the islands of Corfu, Leucadia, Cephalonia, Ithaka and Zante: with remarks upon the character manners and customs of the Ionian Greeks : descriptions of the scenery and remains of antiquity discovered therein, and reflections upon the Cyclopian ruins, illustrated by maps and sketches (London: Thomas and George Underwood, 1822)

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ments existing could supply him with. These
were compiled chiefly from the plans of the Vene-
tian and French Engineers ; to which have been
added, the corrections made by the late Lieutenant
Scott of the British Engineers, an officer who,
through the ardour and enthusiasm with which he
prosecuted his professional duties, sacrificed his
valuable life, and fell a lamented victim to the re-
mittent fever, which he contracted upon the Con-
tinent near Corfu, at the close of the Autumn of
1815.
The author is indebted to his friends, Mr. George
Smith, late of the Royal Engineer department, and
Mr. Townsend, 75th regiment, for the compilation
from the above documents, improved by their joint
observations with the author.
Of the different books which have been consulted,
the beautiful work of Sir William Gell upon Ithaca
is by far the most interesting, as a work of science
and of taste: little has been left in describing the
island of Ithaca, which that elegant tourist has not
already given to the public. Had Sir William
carried his researches to the other islands, nothing
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