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Chap, ii.] MOUNTAIN OF SAN "SALVADOR. 1°
and small portions of lignite, with impressions of fucoids,
and dicotyledonous plants.
The mountain of San Salvador, about twelve miles
N.N.W. from Corfu, and between three and four thousand
feet above the sea, is the highest point in the island, and
forms a striking object from the city. We started early
one morning in order to ascend it, and having crossed the
bay in a small Greek boat, landed to the eastward of
Ipso, where we procured a guide to conduct us to the mo-
nastery on the summit. He led us some way by a steep
ascent through olive woods, and over a barren rocky coun-
try, where the industry of the natives was very apparent,
for every spot of level ground, however small, was culti-
vated. Before reaching the small and half-ruined village
of Signies, Ave passed several deep wells in the valleys,
round which the shepherds and goatherds had assembled
their flocks to water them. At one of these wells we met
several women who, with their long flowing drapery and
ample folds of white linen falling over their heads and
shoulders, had a very Eastern look. The monastery of
San Salvador was no longer tenanted; the last monk was
snowed up and perished during a severe winter for want
of communication with the neighbouring village. The
view from the summit was splendid. To the east we saw
far into the interior of Albania, and could distinguish se-
veral Turkish villages picturesquely scattered over the hills
amidst gardens and groves of trees, each house apparently
insulated, besides Bucintro, the lake of Vivari, and many
forts and castellated buildings. The coast of Italy was just
visible above the horizon to the N.W. ; while to the south
the whole island of Corfu appeared stretched out at our
feet, with Paxo and Sta. Maura in the distance. The
mountain consisted of scaglia limestone to the summit,
sometimes containing tabular flint or chert, and a few fos-
sds. The general inclination of the beds here as well as in
other parts of the island was from W. to E.
The olive-tree in Corfu grows to a height and size which
and small portions of lignite, with impressions of fucoids,
and dicotyledonous plants.
The mountain of San Salvador, about twelve miles
N.N.W. from Corfu, and between three and four thousand
feet above the sea, is the highest point in the island, and
forms a striking object from the city. We started early
one morning in order to ascend it, and having crossed the
bay in a small Greek boat, landed to the eastward of
Ipso, where we procured a guide to conduct us to the mo-
nastery on the summit. He led us some way by a steep
ascent through olive woods, and over a barren rocky coun-
try, where the industry of the natives was very apparent,
for every spot of level ground, however small, was culti-
vated. Before reaching the small and half-ruined village
of Signies, Ave passed several deep wells in the valleys,
round which the shepherds and goatherds had assembled
their flocks to water them. At one of these wells we met
several women who, with their long flowing drapery and
ample folds of white linen falling over their heads and
shoulders, had a very Eastern look. The monastery of
San Salvador was no longer tenanted; the last monk was
snowed up and perished during a severe winter for want
of communication with the neighbouring village. The
view from the summit was splendid. To the east we saw
far into the interior of Albania, and could distinguish se-
veral Turkish villages picturesquely scattered over the hills
amidst gardens and groves of trees, each house apparently
insulated, besides Bucintro, the lake of Vivari, and many
forts and castellated buildings. The coast of Italy was just
visible above the horizon to the N.W. ; while to the south
the whole island of Corfu appeared stretched out at our
feet, with Paxo and Sta. Maura in the distance. The
mountain consisted of scaglia limestone to the summit,
sometimes containing tabular flint or chert, and a few fos-
sds. The general inclination of the beds here as well as in
other parts of the island was from W. to E.
The olive-tree in Corfu grows to a height and size which