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CHAPTER II. 



ALI pasha's island — RAMAZAN — MUSTAFA PASHA — DESCRIP- 

 TION OF A TURKISH ROOM VISITING PALACE OF THE 



PASHA INSTRUMENT OF TORTURE TURKISH BATHS BAR- 

 RACKS JOURNEY TO ARTA PREVESA NICOPOLIS BATTLE 



OF ACTIUM — SANTA MAURA — RETURN TO CORFU. 



Opposite to the Fort of Janina, but nearer to 

 the other side of the Lake, is a small Island, to 

 which Ali Pasha retired on being hard pressed by 

 the troops which the Sultan had sent against him. 

 We visited the house in which he was assassin- 

 ated. It is small and uninhabited, and still bears 

 the marks of the fray in which Ali lost his life, 

 the shutters of the windows and floor of the room 

 being full of bullet-holes. It is said at Janina, 

 that he was killed by a shot through the floor 

 from the room below ; whilst other accounts of his 

 death state that he was stabbed. A traveller 

 should visit this island, if it were only to see and 

 admire the view of the fort and town, which, 

 from it, have a most imposing appearance. 

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