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 Chap. 12.] ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, ETC. 213 called Pomponiana, and Hypaea^ After these come Stu- rium-, Phoeuice, Phila, Lero, and, opposite to Antipolis^, Lerina"*, where there is a remembrance of a town called Vergoanum having once existed. CHAP. 12. (6.) — CORSICA. In the Ligurian Sea, but close to the Tuscan, is Corsica, by the Grreeks called Cyrnos, extending, from north to south 150 miles, and for the most part 50 miles in breadth, its circumference being 325. It is 62 miles distant from the Vada YolateiTana^ It contains thirty-two states, and two colonies, that of Mariana*', founded by C. Marius, and that of Aleria, foimded by the Dictator Sylla. On this side of it is Oglasa', and, at a distance of less than sixty miles from Corsica, Planaria^, so called from its appear- ance, being nearly level with the sea, and consequently treacherous to mariners. We next have Urgo^, a larger island, and Capraria, which the Grreeks have called J^gilion^'^ ; then Igilium^^ and Dia- nium^^, which they have also called Artemisia, both of them ojDposite the coast of Cosa; also Barpana^^, Maenarta, Co- ^ Now called the lie du Levant oi* du Titan. The group is called the Islands of Hieres or Calypso. ^ These are probably the httle islands now known as Eatoneau, Po- niegue, and If. It has however been sxiggested that these names belong to llie islands of Hieres already mentioned in the text, and that Stui'iiun is the present PorqueroUes, Phoeniee Port-Croz, and Phila, Levant or Titan. 3 Now Antibes, or Antiboul in the Provencal idiom. Sainte Marguerite de Lerins, and is nearer to Antibes than Lerina. The Lermian monastery was much resorted to in the early ages of Cliristianity. ^ In ancient Etrm-ia, now Torre di Vada. The distance is, in reahty, about ninety miles. ^ Mariana was situate in the northern part of the island, and the ruins of Aleria are stUl to be seen on the banks of the river Tavignano, near the coast. 7 Probably near the present Monte CVisto. ^ He probably means the group of islands called Formicole, which are situate only thirty-three miles from Corsica, and not near sixty. ^ Now La Gorgona, « '^ Both of these names meaning " Goat island." It is now called Capraia. " The modern Giglio. ^- Now Gianuto, opposite Monte Argentaro on tlic nuiin-land. ^3 These are probably the small islands now called Formicte or For- inicole di Grossetto, Troja, Palmajola, and Cervoli.
 * Now Saint Honorat de Lerins. The island of Lero is the present