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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was erected here; or perhaps it was a sort of toll
house.
The wall which defended the city to the north
was very strong and lofty. Upon the ruins of its
base a water-course has been constructed, which
turns two little mills on its way to the sea. Follow-
ing the water-course down, the foundation of a
square building will be observed below the first
mill, which are represented in plate I. This was
constructed at a period when the method of build-
ing in regular courses had been nearly perfected,
and is here but little deviated from. In the corner
of a house close to the sea, and fronting the lower
watermill, is a marble, a copy of which, with the
inscription upon it, is given in fig. 2. plate VIII.
The letters are beautifully cut. The proprietor of
the mills says, that the stone belonged to an old
gate which tumbled down many years ago. From
this it appears, that the people of Apollonia had
some share in the public works here, and that they
had erected a gate, or wall, or perhaps constructed
part of the road which went to communicate with
the mole towards Apollonia, as shall be presently
described.
The population of Leucate may have amounted to
between fifteen and eighteen thousand, calculating
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