The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-04-20


dark green hills to the darker noun
tains, with some long forsaken monas-
teries, dusky olive groves and gardens
Of oranges, almonds and lemons.
The suburbs of Bastia afford charm
! ing drives, the roads bordered by olive
and Barbary fg-trees, orchards of
peaches, aprlcots and pomegranites,
and gardens in which muscatel grapes
and the plebean fruit known to us as
the tomato (here glorified as pomi d Ore,
! apple Of love'D flourish to perfection,
tanned by Mediterranean zephyrs and
kissed by the southern sun.
While here you should make the cir
cult of that historic peninsula-or rath-
er promontory-named on the map Cape
Corso, though the journey occupies
three days and Is not of the easiest.
The promontory juts out into the sea
about forty miles and has an average
width of fourteen miles A mountain
range, principally of green serpentine,
thousand feet high, traverses it's
whole length, terminating in tall preci-
plces a the northern extremity, An
excellent road, of the Route Rationale,
runs close along the shore. The noun
tains are covered with chestnut forest,
and the little potket-like valleys be-
tween them are perfect gardens of YER
dure. The villages are all perched high
on the mountain side, and each has it's
little tract OF more fertile land below,
cultivated to the utmost, and It's
Marina" or bit of sea-coast. Many of
these were protected in by-gone days
from the enemy-notably the Barbary
pirates-by picturesque Pisan or Geno-
ese towers which are still in good con-
dition and most interesting features of
the landscape. They are of two invari-
able types the larger ones square, the
smaller ones round, both machicoated,
and generally with the door high up in
the side, to which access could only
have been obtained by means of lad
Ger. They usually contain three stories
the lower one below the entrance and
with no opening whatever like well;
the second, supported on beams and
with wooden ceiling; the third, with a
vaulted roof to support the terrace.
This vault Is never true one depend
ing on keystone, but consists of sue
csssive layers CT slabs, each projecting
beyond that below, till they meet at
the apex. An extensive viaw was AZ
tained from the terrace which was surl
rounded by a parapet wall. Practically
these towers were impregnable to any
means of attack that could be brought
against them. They exist all around
the island, but nowhere so numerously
as on Cape Corso, which the Barbary
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search of men, and particularly of wo-
men, whom they sold into slavery at
Algiers and elsewhere The towers are
now all private property, and such as
are not too far destroyed are used as
residences and store houses
Another tower of altoeetbar difYera,t
aspect ana in ruinous condition crowns
the summit Of n enormous rock .hova
the Iuri valley II il called DE tour do
seneoue,, ana ,s ta,,ayed ~ have haen
the habitation of Renaca d,,r,ng bis
wears If exile IN tbis island you re-
+ba+ No Wac honisbad frop,
Rome on eusn;cion If unIua Intimacy
with Julia the nroaigate daughter of
Agrippina. Not far from, q is an an
cent Canuchin convent vat occun,ad INV
monks. and n little, fart6nr an Ia the |
Enrlish antin,onv mine
known as Ia1r,-castelIo Tha ,ittle
Turi valley is well worth visiting n is |
ono luxur,ant parden ceJebrated for it's |
wines and danselv shaded with olive
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cornice road ovarhangine tbe Medlter-
ranean andtvou NAV easily Imagine the |
views Of, ehrnassi,e bea,,tv The is
lands Of Elha and canra 10 are in nlain
siph+. and evan Monta Christie whom
the weather is clear Near the c,,lmi-
mating noint az cane corso r,ar,ked NV
a cluster If ancient touers md a largo |
conyent IF Ranadictine INNS Az the
1rotto of Rrando which Vol, should VIE
t--tbouqb n rao,,iras another dav and
The hospitality of the nuns. A won
lerful stalactite cave runs deep into the
In the form of O series of mar
,ow galleries, revealing strange and I'M
expected beauties at every step. Many
If the stalactites are translucent and
light shining through them produces
marvellous effects. The attendants in
,harge Of the grotto light it up with
,andles and the fee is two francs for
zach person who enters. Indeed, so
,harming is the ride around Cape Corso
hat one wishes it could last forever.