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 X.
District of Livatd—village Passades—-plain of Cranii—*
Districts of Led, Cataled, and Scala—Ruins of an
ancient city at Scala—Roman baths and Temple.—
Doric Temple, probably, of Jupiter Enos—remains
of the city said to be seen under water at three miles
distance from the shore—District of Rackli—Ex-
traordinary outlet for the waters of the valley at
Poros—Mountain lake at Cataracho—Ruins in the
valley of Rackli—Plain of Samos—Cyclopean ruins at
Samos—Promontory of Mitica—Remarks upon Sir
W. Gell's conjecture, that this is the Asteris of Homer.

THE richest and most picturesque parts of Cepha-
lonia are at the southern extremity of the island,
and surrounding the base of mount Enos. The soil
is formed out of the debris of the mountain, which
have been washed down by the rains. The district
of Livatd, in which is the town of Argostoli, is
wholly independent of this formation, being an
original marine or sand deposit, as was before
described, and nearly insulated by the gulph, from
the body of the island. The faces of the hills in