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islands; it is much more regularly built, and
appears to much greater advantage than Corfu,
occupying the curve of a bay, round which it
sweeps for the extent of about two miles; almost
every house is visible, having its own particular
place in the panoramic view from the water. This
singularly pleasing effect is produced by the uni-
formity of the descent upon which it stands. The
many steeples and spires with which it is orna-
mented, built in the Venetian manner, add con-
siderably to the beauty of the whole, and to a
stranger, arrived at anchor in the night, the scene
opening at once in the morning, with the busy
tolling of bells, and the harbour bustle, excites a
sensation indescribably delightful; heightened as it
is by the usual cool serenity of the hour, and the
reflection, perhaps, of having completed a sea
voyage, the pleasure of which those who dislike the
sea can best appreciate. The heights are crowded
with groves of orange and lemon trees, through
which are thickly scattered the beautiful villas of
the rich citizens. The bay terminates in the fine
mass of mount Scopo upon the left, and the
extremity of the castle range upon the right: the
castle is built upon a hill that literally overhangs
the town, and above floats the British flag over a
beautiful scene of richness and repose.
The city presents nothing remarkable in its interior,
saving a rich and active population, amounting in
August, 1819, according to a census taken by