St. Maura, anciently called Leucadia, and in more remote times Nerytus, is an island of about 50 miles in circumference, situated opposite to the point of Acarnania, from which it is separated by a narrow and shallow channel, and to the S. of the mouth of the gulf of Arta. […] The fortress of St. Maura, formerly called Leucas, is to the N. of the island, at the extremity of a very narrow strip of land embracing the port, and separating it from the town, to which it is nevertheless again joined by an aqueduct in the form of a bridge. This fortress constitutes a good defence. The population of the town of St. Maura is estimated at 6000 persons.
