Item 25 - Postcard from W. K. Clifford to Sir (William) Frederick Pollock

Corfu.—They (he and Lucy) have just returned from a scenic drive. Discusses the ancestry of the inhabitants.

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Corfu May 18

Your note came just after mine had left. We have just come back from the most lovely drive that was ever seen, full of landscapes wooded with old olive trees, glimpses of surrounding islands, and snowy mountains of Albania in the distance. Half the people are obviously fils et filles du Reg[imen]t 31, which was quartered here; the rest are very like Maories, according to two of our fellow travellers who took a carriage with us, and who have been in New Zealand. This enables us to understand how the ancient Greek race has been preserved so pure. They pretend to write the names of their shops in Greek, but they don’t spell very well. This may be due to the Irish blood.

yours always W.K.C.

[Direction:] Sir Frederic† Pollock | 59 Montagu Square | London W | H. M. πβρεττάνια

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The postmark is indistinct, except the year, ‘78’. Letters omitted from a word abbreviated by a superscript letter have been supplied in square brackets.

† Sic.