Romantic Corsica, wanderings in Napoleon's isle; . bienfaisance, by which the income ofa sum of about ;£2,000 is administered. The place isfamous for its crayfish. All round the coast near theport Italian fishermen are busy. The crayfish are keptin what are called viviers, or beds, until they are ready forexportion to Nice, Genoa, and Marseilles. There is adecided air of prosperity about the commune. Gardensare well cultivated ; in fact, no matter what the soil islike, it is pressed into producing something. Thehouses, too, are built with some pretence at style, andthe people are kindly and ho
Romantic Corsica, wanderings in Napoleon's isle; . bienfaisance, by which the income ofa sum of about ;£2,000 is administered. The place isfamous for its crayfish. All round the coast near theport Italian fishermen are busy. The crayfish are keptin what are called viviers, or beds, until they are ready forexportion to Nice, Genoa, and Marseilles. There is adecided air of prosperity about the commune. Gardensare well cultivated ; in fact, no matter what the soil islike, it is pressed into producing something. Thehouses, too, are built with some pretence at style, andthe people are kindly and hospitable. Indeed, it wassuch an interesting place that I got no farther that day. The next commune is Morsiglia, where Boswell passedhis first day or two in Corsica, and the part of the routewhich I am about to describe was evidently vastlydifferent in those days. I got a man with an ass tocarry my baggage, says Boswell. But such a road Inever saw. It was absolutely scrambling along the faceof the rock overhanging the sea, upon a path sometimes. ?4 2 BiO THROUGH CAP CORSE 237 not above a foot broad. I thought the ass rather retardedme ; so I prevailed with the man to take the portmanteauand other things on his back. Had I formed my opinionof Corsica from what I saw this morning, I might havebeen in as bad humour with it as Seneca was, whosereflections in prose are not inferior to his epigrams : What can be found so bare, what so rugged all aroundas this rock ? What more barren of provisions ? Whatmore rude as to its inhabitants ? What, in the verysituation of the place, more horrible ? What in climatemore intemperate ? Yet there are more foreigners thannatives here. So far then is a change of place from beingdisagreeable, that even this place hath brought somepeople away from their country. But other times, other routes, I suppose. The road isnow an excellent one, even for cycling, and Senecasstring of queries could not now be applied to the country-side between Morsiglia and
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