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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according to the'classification and nomenclature of
Hauy, 'both in their rude and polished state; much
cannot be said however for the arrangement. The
anatomy of the human body is most ingeniously re-
presented in wood, and so contrived, that all the
successive layers of muscles of the body may be
removed, and the organization of the internal parts
displayed. The attitudes and details are copied
from Albinus’s beautiful tables of Anatomy. There are
also some fine wax specimens, one representing a
woman in all the different stages of pregnancy. A
most masterly one is a bust, said to have been done
at the desire of Napoleon, which represents the
brain, and gives a beautiful view of that import-
ant and intricate part of anatomy, wherein are ex-
posed the various blood vessels and nerves of the
neck. There is a great variety of fossils, and a
beautiful collection of shells. A small library is
added to the whole, containing some of the choicest
and rarest editions of the classics, both ancient
and modern.
At about two miles distance from Argostoli are
the walls of the ancient city of Cranii, occupying the
top of a very rough and inaccessible ridge, which
projects upon the east angle of the lake or gulph at
its southern extremity. A very considerable portion
of the butt of the walls still remains, sufficient to
trace their circumference throughout. Some of
these consist of enormous masses of stone, hewn
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