Abstract

Corsica in Summer - Time

There has been considerable talk of a daily line from Nice, France to Corsica, France, making the passage in six hours; but when one has seen the comparative poverty of the island, it seems very doubtful if it would pay. The line, in fact, that carries the mails thither just now has failed. The French bankrupt law enacts that, among other consequences, the bankrupt is deprived of all his political rights. The owner of the line is a Senator from Corsica, but, being no longer even an elector, he has been expelled from the Senate. It is understandable why so few people, cross to Corsica, and why they will always continue to be rather few. It is the turbulent Mediterranean, chilly in winter, and not the dangers of travel in the country, well dissipated now if they ever existed, nor the primitive nature of much of the accommodations.