des îles Ioniennes : Corfu, Zanthe, Cephalonia, Cerigo
Ithaca, Paxos, Santa Mam'a.
17. cadi : an inferior judge, in distinction from the mullah, or
superior judge.
28. du vin de Porto : Oporto, about two miles from the mouth of the Douro, was at one time the capital of Porti:gal. Its principal trade is in wine [port wine).
36. 3. le Pérugin (1446-1524) : Pietro Vanucci, called Perugino, an Italian painter who established himself at Perugia ; Raphaël was his pupil at Florence.
6. saint Dimitii : a Russian prelate, bishop of Rostov, who wrote many religious Works (1665-1709). His tomb at Rostov is an object of pilgrimage.
38. 27. Pausanias : a Spartan gênerai, nephew of Léonidas, who won the battle of Plataea (479 B.c.), in which the Persians were totally routed. He then tried to become the tyrant of ail Greece under the Persian monarch.
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