GREECE. 



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enough to maintain 

 the garrison for 20 

 years, are among the 

 remarkable objects. 

 Population, 40,000. 



The island of 

 Gozzo is separated 

 from Malta by a 

 strait four miles in 

 width. It is twenty- 

 four miles in circuit, 

 and ju'oduces sugar- 

 cane. Its popula- 

 tion is 13,300. The 

 capital is Rabatto. 

 Comino lies between 

 Malta and Gozzo ; 

 it is fortified and has 

 Viao of Malta. g^Q inhabitants . 



These islands were possessed by the Carthaginians, Romans, and Saracens, successive- 

 ly. On the expulsion of the Saracens, they became a dependency of Sicily. In 1530, Malta 

 was given by the Emperor Charles the Fifth, to the knights of St. .John of Jerusalem, in 

 whose possession it remained till 1798, when it was taken by the French under Bonaparte on 

 his voyage to Egypt. It was captured by the British in 1800, who at the peace of Amiens 

 agreed to restore it to the knights, but their refusal to do this occasioned a renewal of the war. 

 At the treaty of Paris, in 1814, these islands were ceded to Great Britain, and now form one 

 of the most important naval establishments of that power. 



CHAPTER LXXXIX. GREECE. 



Ruins at At/tens. 



1. Boundaries and Extent. Independent Greece comprises the ?ifoiea and a portion of 

 territory north of the ir;thniu.;, with tlie islands in the southwest part of ili,^ A rrl 'pelago. The 



