Jenks's Portland gazette. [volume] (Portland [Me.]) 1799-1802, 1802-08-02


Kingdom by the lnAu, ace of the RsPa5hc -
Fauce.
Corfu, is about s leagues long and wide
ancien,ly known under he rame OF Schera,
Phracia, Coreyra, and Drepsno '~ere never
fcence rear'd her laureld head" In the belt
DAYS Of Greece the Corcyndns 70 med power
full republic, "a proud unpollh'd race" In
fucceeding times il belonged 10 the King OF
Naples, was atterwa Is fcld for 10000 ducats
to the Venetians, who maintained H9et OF
eallie, in the port, with ltr ng gaTriion 20
defend this and the neighbouring Hands. Ih's
ilsnd contains about 5000 ioul', and was
divided into four balliwieks. The air healthy,
the lands fertile and the fruits excellent
Oranges, Citrous, the mott delicious grapes
honey wax and oil, are exceedingly abundant
There are lome places, MOUNTAINOUS and barren,
and good water is icarce fait forms great
part Of its riches The capital has always
| borne the name cf the ifand, IS the fee of an
archbihop, i, we'll fortified has good haTbor,
and enjoys conGde able degree Of trade.
Cephalpria, lies oppoGte the gulf OF LePanto
! celebrated for The famous n4val victory which
Don John of Aua'ia 10 the year 1872, obtain
/ ed over the Tu, kfh fleet and in VIII ch the mi
| mitable CeIvantes oft his hand and pat ct his
| LEFT arm. This I1lnd is about 40 miles long,
and from 10 10 y IN breadth. Ii was ancient
| ly cal ed SanoJ and EEpbi,u5 Melanna. 1t was
| iubett 10 the Veneti4ns from The year I4+Q,
| until the late war. Tbs chief articles OF com
m-rce are oil. mulcadin- wine, and ipeces o.
| 9 ape called curra Is. The air IS very warm,
The trees are covered with A wers all the winter
and bear ripe fruit twice year, in APil and
| Noveube r.-Corr is town in the winter and
reaped in June. The CAPITAL IS called after The
| ii nd, is the re Of bilhop, united 80 Ztnte
| This town was much damaged by an earth
quake in the year I7I6.
! Zante, IS a7cu. IL miles in length and 90 IN
breadth This iaand produces excellent wine,
turrants, olives, fig, mecn. peaches, AMI 9th
( er choice fruits towards the end, The ilaDd is
in general mountainous. b1t level in the inferior
parts L is much flbjea 10 eafthquIkes.-
| The capital is afo called Zante, in which the
! Creeks have forty churches beiijes converts,
| and Bilhop The catholics have three con.
vents with blhop in union with Cephaona
Cerigo, formerly the well known Cytbtra, Is
| fepatated from the fouthern part OF the NJ rea
| by a Narrow nrait it is dry and noun alnous,
about leagues 10 circumference, producing
neither corn, wine nor oil intii -ient for the Ia
/ habitanta yet Tome of the valles are fertile |;
| fheep, hares, quails, turf es and falcons are
abundant. IL has chiefly ferved = a Tendez
vous tor pirates.
ST. Maure or M4ura, formerly Leucadia.*
| This ifland was aucienly PenufOla, cohnseted
Wi h the continent Of Arcanania but the Car
.hageni4ns, or, according 10 Others the Corin.
thiAns, ferved it, in 20 much, that at preient be
| twirt the iiland and Continent there is ch4n-
mel about 80 PAGES broad. l. produces great
! penty Of gaTe, vine, citron1, pomeGran.
ates. almonds AID other fruits, with hoe P4t-
ures. The inhabitants are Greeks iub:tt 10 a
| ihop. In this iiland wee formerly three
con(lde able towns, with mon magnificent
| temple of Venus. The town Of ST. Mania
which gives name 10 the III nd contains about
5000 inh Abitants /; and being ftua'ed in The
water, and defended by 7alls and tower, Is 10
fortified that there is no convenient approach to
il, either by land or.water. In I473, the Tufks
dlp1hehed he Creclan empire OF the town and
La nd. In 1907. the Venetans made them
telvts matters If ii. bnt afterwards surrendered
il again TO the Turk, and in o84 received il
| from them. In I7G5 the town aud Ifland fell
feconi time into the hands OF the Turks ; but
the fu cseding year the Venetians drove them
OUT, and kept pohrlii1n until the Late French
revolution.
ITHACA, CORR pied in modern times to Tatbaco.
according 70 Pnny is do VI 2 miles in circum
ference, but aaIally only eight. Who has not
heard Of Ithaca, the k.nedom Of UiyEs, i'm
morta lied BY Homer!
My native foil is Ithaca the fair,
Where high Neritus waves his woods in air
Euichium, Samos. and Zaneynthus crown'd
With th4dy mountains, fpread their Hes around,
| Low lies our NE yet bst in fruitful tores
Stro0g are her fons though rocky arc her flores
And none, ali none 70 ely 10 my fight
q all the lands hat heaven DER fp, eads with Eght
| So fang UlyGts when he difcovered himfel
70 The Phnacians. Few paHiges in ancient ~
modern poetry more ltrongly interea the clalIic
mind.
Tbere is an J2and aDsr agoigP Acaraaaia u
fbe oD59 Of ITHACA called Leucus, from zubi,s rosk
Randiag ~ Il Tbs roek qra5 famox, in aat;qnty