Romantic Corsica, wanderings in Napoleon's isle; . s in the island once more owingto the division in the ranks of the Corsicans. Arrigo thensought aid from the King of Aragon, and landing with astrong force, conquered the island again and took theGenoese governor prisoner. Stern rule once more madehim unpopular, and he is said to have died as the resultof a Corsican-Genoese conspiracy, being poisoned atVizzavona, in the centre of the island, in 1401. On leaving this charming little place the road is pre-cipitous till the sea shore is reached. The way thenskirts the delightful gulf, rimmed with
Romantic Corsica, wanderings in Napoleon's isle; . s in the island once more owingto the division in the ranks of the Corsicans. Arrigo thensought aid from the King of Aragon, and landing with astrong force, conquered the island again and took theGenoese governor prisoner. Stern rule once more madehim unpopular, and he is said to have died as the resultof a Corsican-Genoese conspiracy, being poisoned atVizzavona, in the centre of the island, in 1401. On leaving this charming little place the road is pre-cipitous till the sea shore is reached. The way thenskirts the delightful gulf, rimmed with brown sand mixedwith rough grass, shrubs, and huge stones. A silentplace it is, only the faintest murmur of the waves stealingthrough the air and little indication on the beach that thewaves are ever furious. But this spot has had its shareof noise and war, though those long ago have retiredbeyond the mountain barrier. Here Sampiero landedwith his valiant little band : somewhere in the bay mustrest the little ship he sank. In the distance on the. SOUTHWARD TO SARTJINE 61 southern shore is the Campo Moro, where round an oldwatch-tower in ones imagination one seems to see land-ing troops of brightly-clad Saracens. Then comes Propriano, dumped down on a littlepromontory of the gulf. It is a prosperous little port—the busiest between Ajaccio and Bastia. It has an ex-cellent harbour, the entrance for trade to a big slice ofSouthern Corsica. A couple of ships were unloading atthe quay when I reached it. A strangely-assorted masswas being piled up, most of which was to find its wayon huge wagons up the steep way to Sartfene, of whichPropriano is the port. It is a more open, cleaner townthan those I had till then come across. With a railwayPropriano would rival Ajaccio and Bastia. As it is, theport is the stumbling-block in the way of Bonifaciosgreater prosperity. Why the Corsicans are content towait patiently till some red-tape-bound grippe-sou in Parissays she may have her railway
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