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Laurent's Tour through Greece, Turkey and Italy. 



means safe, as the pedestrian runs the 

 risk of being blown into the sea. The 



Sarrison consisted of about three huu- 

 red men, commanded by Captain Ross, 

 a gentleman whose liospiiality is un- 

 bounded. 



A beautiful road, shaded by olive- 

 trees, leads from the modern town to 

 the ancient Leucas. About three miles 

 distant, the ruins are seen on an emi- 

 nence, covered with vineyards, at the 

 foot of which is a copious fountain, 

 adorned with a jwmpous Veneto-Latin 

 inscription ; the walls are of Cj'clopean 

 masonry, and very extensive : no edi- 

 fices can be clearly traced, although 

 heaps of ruin are seen on all sides. 

 We were shewn an ancient mill, dug, 

 upon this spot : it. was hewn in the in- 

 fancy of mechanic art ; a hemispherical 

 stone, revolving within a correspond- 

 ing vase of granite, reduced the corn 

 to powder. On the opposite shore of 

 Albania is seen a castle, containing a 

 garrison of soldiers belonging to Ali 

 Fasha. 



Near the ruins of Leucas, a gibbet 

 has been erected, from which, inclosed 

 in a cage of iron, hangs the corse of an 

 inhabitant of this island ; he murdered 

 his father, his mother, his brothers, and 

 his sisters, and then lied from his coun- 

 try; but the long arm of justice seized 

 theparicide; he was taken in the Morea, 

 brought to Santa Maura, and executed. 

 His example struck with indescribable 

 terror the lonians, few of whom dare 

 approach the spot where the bo<ly is ex- 



Sosed. The execution of this indivi- 

 ual took place at the time General 

 Campbell commanded in these islands. 

 The necessary, although severe justice 

 of this gentleman, produced a most sa- 

 lutarjf effect ; the islanders then learnt, 

 for the first time, that pardon was not 

 as before, to be obtained by money. 



We crossed several fine groves of 

 olive. The green turf under the trees, 

 produces abundance of mushrooms. 

 The peasants were gathering the fruit ; 

 some standing on the branches, were 

 beating down the olives, striking, ac- 

 cording to Pliny's advice, always in 

 oae direction, and with a gentle force ; 

 others were picking them up, and tran- 

 sporting them in hampers to the towni. 



MODERN PATRIOTISM. 



Negociations were carrying on, dur- 

 ing OUT stay at Corfu, between the lord 

 high commissioner of the Ionian states, 

 and an ambassador from loanina. An 

 anecdote was mentioned to us rrhich I 

 cannot refrain from repeating, as it 



aftbrds an example of honest patriotisnf 

 and noble disinterestedness, which 

 would have honoured a Phociou or a 

 Fabius. The ambassador, it seems, had 

 received orders fi'om his sovereign to 

 hasten the negociation by making some 

 presents to the secretary of the high 

 commissioner: in one of their confer- 

 ences the Mussulman made known his 

 intentions ; the secretary led him to a 

 window of the palace, and, pointing to 

 the highest mountain of the island, told 

 him, ' Were that mountain a mass of 

 gold, and your master to offer it to us, 

 he would not obtain Parga one moment 

 ere the dictates of justice had been 

 fulfilled.' 



MEMOIRS 



OF THE 



SECRET SOCIETIES 



OF THE 



Sbouitf of Stals, 



PARTICULARLY 



THE CARBONARI. 



Translated from the Original MS. 8vo. Price I2<. 



[The subject of this work is one which has 

 attracted great attention and much cu- 

 riosity in Europe, and we are happy in 

 being able to gratify our readers by the 

 volume before us, which cootains the 

 most interesting details of this very ex- 

 traordinary institution. At the same 

 time it is too evident that the author is 

 a partizan, whose object is to impugn 

 the objects of political reformers.] 



PRINCIPLES OF THE SECT. 



The following extract, from the 1st 

 chap, of the statutes of Carbonarism, 

 will tend to explain the real or pre- 

 tended principles of the sect. 

 0/ the General Doctrine of the Order. 



Art. 1. Good CoHsinship is princi- 

 pally founded on religion and virtue. 



Art 2. The place of meeting is cal- 

 led the Baracca; the space surround- 

 ing it, the Forest or Wood; the inte- 

 rior of the lodge, the Fendita. 



Art 3. The members are called Good 

 Cousins; they are divided into two 

 classes — apprentices and masters. 



Alt. 4. Tried virtue and purity of 

 morals, and not Pagan* qualities, ren- 



* Pagano may be translated prophane, 

 belonging to the uninitiated. 



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