CHURCH OF ST. GEORGE. 117 



the scapula, or shoulder-blade, of some extraordi- 

 nary animal, which tradition has handed down, 

 and which is by many believed to have actually 

 belonged to the dragon which St. George is said 

 to have killed. Now, without entering into the 

 dispute which has arisen respecting St. George 

 and the dragon, it being maintained by many 

 persons that the whole affair has originated in a 

 confounding of the names of two Georges, who 

 lived in the East at two very different periods, 

 I may mention that this scapula of which I am 

 speaking is a very curious one. It is of immense 

 size, and I have never met any one yet who could 

 at all conjecture the description of animal to which 

 it belonged. The caloyer, of course, believed 

 implicitly all that tradition has handed down 

 to us respecting St. George, and there being a 

 fracture or hole in the centre of the scapula, it is 

 believed that this was caused by St. George's 

 spear, when he killed the animal. 



From the top of the mountain to which I am 

 alluding there is a most commanding view over 

 the greater part of the Island of Corfu, and 

 the prospect is certainly very extensive, and 

 strikingly beautiful. *^What an immense size 



