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84 I shall conclude this chapter with Homer's description of Ithaca, which, in general, may be well applied to Corsica:

Odyss. lib. xiii. 1. 238.

Thou seest: an island, not to those unknown, Whose hills are brighten'd by the riling sun. Nor those that plac'd beneath his utmost reign. Behold him finking in the western main. The rugged foil allows no level space, For flying chariots, or the rapid race; Yet, not ungrateful to the peasant's pain, Suffices fulness to the levelling grain. The loaded trees their various fruits produce. And clustring grapes afford a generous juice: