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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CHAPTER V.
Temperature and variation of season— Winds—Earth-
quakes—Productions of the Island—Wine—Oil-
making of Salt—curious mode of fishing in the shal-
low waters— Waterfowl that visit the lake at certain
seasons—wild Ducks—Pelicans—singular mode of
living of the Inhabitants—Emigration—effects of
their habits upon their constitution, producing fever.

LIKE all other places in these latitudes, and in
the vicinity of high mountains, the temperature is
here changeable. The heat in summer varies from
eighty to ninety degrees of Fahrenheit, and in the
winter from forty to sixty degrees. The thermome-
ter has risen much higher than the former point,
which is however the maximum for most years, and
sometimes it has fallen below the freezing point.
The salt water lake above described, has been more
than once frozen over, since the possession of the
island by the British. The thermometer has been
frequently known to alter twenty degrees in twenty-
four hours. The predominating winds are the
northerly and westerly. The southerly or sirocco
very often prevails for three days together. In the
autumn and winter, particularly the latter, it fre-