Romantic Corsica, wanderings in Napoleon's isle; . ST. To face p. 245.] CHAPTER XI FROM ST. FLORENT TO CALVI St. Florent is a small place, with Ichabod written large on itscrumbling houses. H. Seton Merriman. Civitas Calvi semper fidelis. Calvis Motto. THE Gulf of St, Florent is as large as that of Ajaccio;when one looks at its position, it seems strangeindeed that it has not made the town at its top a seaportof the first importance. But ports such as Ajaccio,Bastia, and He Rousse have had numerous advantagesover Florent. To start with, the town is handicappedas a centre of trad
Romantic Corsica, wanderings in Napoleon's isle; . ST. To face p. 245.] CHAPTER XI FROM ST. FLORENT TO CALVI St. Florent is a small place, with Ichabod written large on itscrumbling houses. H. Seton Merriman. Civitas Calvi semper fidelis. Calvis Motto. THE Gulf of St, Florent is as large as that of Ajaccio;when one looks at its position, it seems strangeindeed that it has not made the town at its top a seaportof the first importance. But ports such as Ajaccio,Bastia, and He Rousse have had numerous advantagesover Florent. To start with, the town is handicappedas a centre of trade for the interior by the fact that,unlike the three places just mentioned, it has not yetbeen linked up with the Corsican railway system. Itsclimate, too, is unhealthy, and not so very long ago themortality in the place from fever was frightful; evenat the present day in the hot months of summer thisscourge exacts a sickeningly heavy toll. The town itself,pleasantly enough situated by the sea, and with a moun-tain background, crouches beside a swamp and runs
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