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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order of Sir P. Ross, to 15,176 souls. The port
would be perfectly open and exposed upon the
eastward, were it not for the erection of a fine
mole, which was begun a few years since; and is
now about to be completed. The Ionian parlia-
ment voted a considerable sum at the last session,
for this highly useful work, as also for the con-
tinuation of an aqueduct from mount Scopd to the
city, which had likewise been begun some years
ago. Both works are accordingly now carrying on
through the exertions of Sir P. Ross, governor
of the island. By the completion of the aque-
duct, a plentiful supply of excellent fresh spring
water will be conveyed to the city from Scopd, a dis-
tance of about four miles. The difficulty of procuring
that article is at present very great, and the
quality of that which is procured in the neigh-
bourhood of the town is exceedingly bad, owing
to its passing through the gypsum strata. The
number of private houses in the city amounted to
three thousand seven hundred and thirty in 1819,
and there were sixty-five churches.
A little spot of ground adjoining one of the
churches at the south end of the town, had been
long known as the English cemetery: it was pur-
chased, and the expenses defrayed by contributions
from the consuls, merchants, and other English
resident and visitant at Zante. It is situated upon
a little bank, at one side of a deep ravine, and is
shaded over by cypresses and other evergreens. The