DELVI'NO,
a town in the interior of Albania (Turkey In
Europe), in a rich plain at the foot of the
south-western slope of the mountain range of
Khimâra. In the map prefixed to Hobhouse's
Travels in Albania' it is placed on a rivulet,
the Pistritza, which flows into the sea at
Butrinto or Bucintro, (the ancient Buthrotum,)
opposite Corfu; but in those prefixed to the Rev.
T. S. Hughes's and Dr. Holland's Travels it is
not so ; and such is the present un¿ certain
state of Albanian geography, that even the site
of an important town cannot be exactly laid down.
Delvino has a population, according to Mr.
Hobbouse, of 8000 persons. Upon the conquest of Albania
by the Turks, it was made the residence of a
Turkish governor, whose sway extended over the
accessible part of the surrounding territory. The
governor (whom Mr. Hobhouse describes as a Pasha
of two tails) was one of those reduced to
subjection by Au Pasha. There is a strong castle
at Delvino.
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