“ The present population is about 30,000, of whom two-thirds are Greeks. The island is governed by a Turkish pasha, but is in general neglected, and shows few traces of its ancient prosperity. Its climate is temperate and its valleys are fertile, producing oil, oranges, citrons, etc. ”

“ It is 49 miles long and 21 miles in greatest breadth, and is traversed in the direction of its length—from northeast to southwest—by a chain of mountains, which reach in Mount Ataÿros (the ancient Atabyrion) a height of 4070 feet. ”