One part of the world, where this notion about swans prevailed, was in liguria, upon the banks of the Eridanus.
"A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)"
Jacob Bryant
The liguria is patronised by Messrs.
"The South of France--East Half"
Charles Bertram Black
Yet here, too, the balance of gain naturally accrued to Bonaparte; for he required the British Ministry to recognize existing facts in Etruria and liguria, while Cornwallis had to champion the cause of exiles and of an order that seemed for ever to have vanished.
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose