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Rh Indeed the interiour parts of the island are in general mountainous, though interspersed with fruitful valleys; but have a peculiar grand appearance, and inspire one with the genius of the place; with that undaunted and inflexible spirit, which will not bow to oppression. As Homer says of Ithaca:

The great division of Corsica, is into the, and the. The country on this side and the country on the other side of the mountains; reckoning from Bastia. By the mountains is understood, that great range of them which rises beyond Aleria, and stretches across the island, intersecting it however by no mean, equally; for, the country is a third more than that. Another old division of this island was, to suppose a line drawn from Porto Vecchio, to the gulf of San Fiorenzo; and the division upon the east, was called, The side within; and that on the west, was called , The side without. I never could learn the meaning of this division farther, than that, I suppofe, those who inhabited