Chapter I: Front Matter

LIST OF VOLUMES IN THE
PEEPS AT MANY LANDS
SERIES

EACH CONTAINING 12 FULL-PAGE
ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR

BELGIUM
BURMA
CANADA
CHINA
CORSICA
EGYPT
ENGLAND
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREECE
HOLLAND
HOLY LAND
ICELAND
INDIA
IRELAND
ITALY
JAPAN
KOREA
MOROCCO
NEW ZEALAND
NORWAY
SCOTLAND
SIAM
SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH SEAS
SWITZERLAND
TURKEY
WALES
WEST INDIES

A LARGER VOLUME IN THE SAME STYLE

THE WORLD

Containing 37 full-page illustrations in colour

PUBLISHED BY ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W.

AGENTS

AMERICA THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
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GENERAL VIEW OF AJACCIO _Page 33._ _Frontispiece._
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PEEPS AT MANY LANDS

CORSICA

BY
ERNEST YOUNG, B.SC.

HEAD MASTER, LOWER SCHOOL OF JOHN LYON, HARROW

AUTHOR OF
“A PEEP AT SIAM,” “THE KINGDOM OF THE YELLOW
ROBE,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY
E. A. NORBURY, R.C.A.

LONDON
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1909

TO

MY FRIEND AND FELLOW TRAVELLER

A. E. DYSON

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. A PEEP AT THE ISLAND 1

II. A PEEP AT CORSICAN HISTORY 4

III. ALERIA AND THEODORE 10

IV. BONIFACIO 15

V. CALVI 22

VI. BASTIA 28

VII. AJACCIO AND NAPOLEON 33

VIII. CORTÉ 39

IX. PAOLI 44

X. IN BUSH AND FOREST 50

XI. THE VENDETTA 56

XII. WHEN THE END COMES 62

XIII. THE KING OF THE BANDITS 67

XIV. BY THE ROAD-SIDE 73

XV. ANIMALS 78

XVI. CHARACTER 82

XVII. SOME STORIES AND LEGENDS 86

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

BY E. A. NORBURY, R.C.A.

GENERAL VIEW OF AJACCIO _frontispiece_

FACING PAGE
VIEW ON THE EAST COAST viii

BAKING OVEN, ALERIA 9

THE HARBOUR, BONIFACIO 16

CALVI 25

OLD HOUSES, BASTIA 32

CORTÉ: THE CITADEL 41

HOUSES, AJACCIO 48

MULES DRAWING TIMBER 57

ROADSIDE CROSS 64

A DILIGENCE 73

WOMEN WASHING LINEN 80

_Sketch-Map of Corsica on p. vii_

CORSICA