-Gasparaki, &c. 
1822.] 
very handsome, and richly ornament- 
éd; its lofty steeple is constructed of 
white polished marble, and contains 
four bells. The houses here are tole- 
rably well built; but the streets, like 
all the rest in the Levant, are without 
regularity. The public place, or quay, 
Opposite to the port, is called the Ba- 
lanza; this is surrounded by the store- 
hoases’ of the merchants, and here 
their goods are landed. ‘Strictly 
Speaking, San Nicolo is rather a road 
than a port. St. John’s, about half a 
mile distant, is the port, capable of 
containing a number of vessels, com- 
pletely sheltered from the land-winds. 
Leaving San Nicolo by the north, at 
a part called Camares, there is a small 
brook, that runs into the road; and 
near this is'a convent‘of Franciscans. 
Proceeding by the sea-side this way, 
we arrive at the Lazaretto in a quar- 
ter of an hour. On the south side, at 
a‘small distance from San Nicolo, is 
the site of the ancient city, which still 
bears the name of Polis. Here are 
many inscriptions and other antiqui- 
dies; and the ruins of an ancient tem- 
ple, dedicated to Neptune. About an 
hour anda half’s walk from San 
Nicolo “brings us to Il Borgo, for- 
merly a strong place, but more so by 
nature than by art: at present the 
fortifications are in ruins, though the 
rock upon which they stood is about 
840 ells above the level of the sea; the 
steepest part of this is called Petassos, 
-or the precipice. 
‘About ten minutes’ walk from the 
road at the foot of the Borgo, and on 
the declivity of the mountain, is the 
Exomborgos, or the suburb, at present 
the only part inhabited. Under. the 
Venetians, this was the residence of 
the rich and the nobles; but, when at 
war with the Turks, the former always 
took refuge in the fortress. Most of 
the fine houses built by the Venetians 
in this suburb are now in ruins. 
Among the descendants of those fa- 
milies -that- formerly governed this 
island, are M. Betti, a grandson of 
the celebrated advocate mentioned by 
‘Pournefort ; Fouskanarki, Francesco 
Here is also the resi- 
dence of the vicar of the Latin church ; 
three-fourths of the inhabitants are Ca- 
tholics, andthe restof the Greek church; 
this place. contains three handsome 
churches. The Exomborgos being quite 
destitute of water, the inhabitants are 
compelled to fetch it froma. consider- 
able«istance.») Here isneither garden 
o*» MontuLy Mac, No. 369. 
The Present State of freland described. 
497 
nor any kind of verdure to be scen. 
From the Exomborgos to Xinara is 
about half an hour’s walk, the whole 
nearly a steep descent ; but, in leaving 
the latter place, the Katomeri com- 
mences in a village of that name, si- 
tuated on the declivity of the moun- 
tain of the Borgo. Xinara is divided 
into upper and lower. In the latter 
of these the Latin bishop resides ; here 
is also the college and two churches : 
all the inhabitants are Catholics. 
Descending from Xinara, we come 
to Loutra, distant nearly a quarter of 
a league: this village abounds in 
fruits, the soil being well watered, 
and very fertile. ‘The baths, indicated 
by the name of this place, are no 
longer to be found here. The inhabi- 
tants, who are all Catholics; have a 
large handsome church. 
(To be concluded in our next. ) 
— 
Lo the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
AVING recently arrived in this 
city ‘from a tour in the south and 
west of Ireland, and having collected 
information on the spot respecting the 
distress and want which are found to 
exist in many districts, I now beg to 
send youfacts and observations:on the 
subject, and request you will publish 
them in the Monthly Magazine, con- 
vinced that no other periodical work 
could give them so much publicity. 
The scenes of misery which, from 
public reports, the travelleris prepared 
.0 encounter, by nomeansare apparent 
on a superficial view of the country. 
My excursion from Dublin was through 
the counties of Kildare, Kilkenny, 
Wexford, Waterford, Cork, Kerry, 
Limerick, and Tipperary, In allthat 
line the harvest of last year appears to 
have been well got in, and mostabun- 
dant. The country was perfectly 
tranquillized, and never*had a more 
flourishing appearance than atpresent. 
In short, the enquirer must be con- 
ducted out of his ‘route, and led over 
mountains and through bogs, to come 
in contact with those: insulated. spots 
where famine and disease have made 
their appearance. .Some instances of 
actual want I did witness in a part of 
the county of Kerry, and am led to in- 
fer that such were-more numerous and 
distressing im the counties of Clare, 
Galway, Sligo, and Mayo, through 
which I have not travelled. 
Two causes were-assigned to me as 
principally contributing 10 produce the 
ak present 
