CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | En Route for Bavella—An Eccentric Landlord | [1] |
| II. | The Forest of Bavella | [16] |
| III. | Sartene | [29] |
| IV. | The Lion of Roccapina | [38] |
| V. | Bonifacio | [45] |
| VI. | Curiosities of Bonifacio | [58] |
| VII. | A Sermon by the Wayside | [67] |
| VIII. | To Vico | [88] |
| IX. | Evisa among the Hills | [103] |
| X. | Giant Forests | [113] |
| XI. | Porto, La Piana, and Carghese | [132] |
| XII. | From Carghese to Ajaccio | [147] |
| XIII. | Bocognano Bugbears | [154] |
| XIV. | The Forest of Sorba | [176] |
| XV. | The Inzecca | [192] |
| XVI. | The Last of Antonio | [204] |
| XVII. | To Bastia from Corte | [213] |
| XVIII. | History of Corsica | [232] |
A LADY'S TOUR IN CORSICA.
CHAPTER I.
EN ROUTE FOR BAVELLA—AN ECCENTRIC LANDLORD.
Sainte Lucie di Tallano is the halting-place for the forest of Bavella. From thence you can mount up to the Bocca; starting early, and spending the whole day in the forest, returning again to sleep at Sainte Lucie.
There is another route, sometimes followed, by which you drive down the other side of the forest to Sollenzara, on the east coast; but, as this place is reported to be exceedingly dirty, and is, besides, not healthy after the winter months, if it is then, it is not to be recommended. From Propriano to Sainte Lucie is a five-hours' drive, and a steady ascent the whole way.
The road is less interesting than usual in Corsica, and, for some distance, is almost tame, winding amongst low green hills, and by the side of a foaming river swept by willows. Some queer-looking crows with white breasts were fluttering about here; and, further on, the river was spanned by an old-fashioned Pisan bridge, wide enough only for mules and foot-passengers, with no parapet—made in the days when carts and carriages apparently were not.