Capitaine Bellaire, who was on the French general's staff. I have, however, carefully given my authorities for everything I have advanced; as, in matters of history, it is always of importance to know on what foundation that history rests, and to my brother, the Rev. John Jervis-White Jervis, I have to be thankful for some valuable notes relative to the derivation of the name of Corfú, and for a careful revision of this little work whilst going through the press.

FEBRUARY, 1852.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

Frontispiece.

To face page 126

FORTIFICATIONS OF CORFÚ IN THE SIXTEENTH

CENTURY. From a Print in the British
Museum

SIEGE OF CORFÚ, BY THE TURKS, IN 1715.
From a Plan in the British Museum
FORTIFICATIONS OF CORFú, WITH THE OUT-

WORKS, EXECUTED BY MARSHAL SCHULEM-
BURG. From a Print in the British Museum .

PART I.

ANCIENT HISTORY OF CORFÚ.

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