corruption o f the name o f th s Bulint. He ventured to fix very
narrow limits to tire peninfula Hyllis, fuftering himfelf to be
led by . the, etymological coajiiture, tbat i f the Bulini inhabited
thus .tract, -there remained, .ofhc.OMiiie,no other room for the
Illi, belides the .finalI extent oh ground, known, by old geo-*
graphers, under the: name o f JPnmoniomum Diotnedis, and which
il retches into the ieabetvvmi the jiiaucl oh .Rogofniza, and the
:.v31sge Bftfhgling,u a.feod q f the,fee©f'Crau..:.,.Thus, the extent
oh Hyllis, from one point to the other, would be no more than
twelve miles, and its greatefl breadth would not exceed five y
meafures whichTeem by no means to agree ¡with the defcription
left.,us byiScimn us. Chius,, whojcalls k;,a large peninfula, and
eifeys, it was thought, equal to the Peloptnnnefus.6a N o veftige remains,
o f the fifteen cities which*, webaredtold ¡this, peninfula contained
; and fifteen' cities wouldchaveoccupied a great part o f
the narrow fuperficies juft mentioned. Thepaffage o f the ancient
geographer is as follows,, “ r;To thcfe (the Libu-mi) is united
themation o f the Bulini. Thenniheie sis the large peninfula o f
Illis, thought equal to: the Peloponnefus. They fay there are
fifteen ckies on itj inhabited by the Illi, who were originally
Greeks, as their founder was Ulus the fon o f Hercules. Thefe,
however; in, thefcourfe of: time becaaneebarbarou«, as it is faidy
by mixing thcinlclves with other fictions.” *
It appears more probable that fo great a number o f cities flood
on the, trarfl of,equntry whicb lies between the mouths o f the
nyer-,Tizio (alwaysAxed- as;a .boundary o f .Liburnia) and thole
o f the T ilu ro ; which lpace approaches near to that o f the Pe-
loponnefus, and includes the fine lands pf Knin, Petrovopoglie'i
Seign,
* Scymn. Chius inter Geograph, min. Hudfon. V . 403, & feq.
Seign, and the territory that-lies around the buried ruins o f
Promona, which was th e centre o f the Illyrian country, properly
fo called, at the time of Auguflus; The name o f Illide
was, alfo given to the ¡mountainous peninfula o f Sabbioneello,
which ftretches into the fea between the mouths-of the river
Narenta, and the ifland o f Curzola. But the authors, who
gave it that name, had not well examined the descriptions of
ancient geographers,' which are far frbm agreeing with thofe o f
SabbiPncello.
Whatever were- theircaneieot .origin, the.inhabitantsiof Bof-
figlina, of our days, ¡-are -fo poor, that-they are. often obliged
-by neceflity, to grindfthei’Wdts'of uifphtrdel', afwhichethey make
a very uuwiiclcioine .bread, which cailnot' blit contribute to
perpetuate their weaknefs and: mifery^: The,confiknlt complaints
produced,by this ihurtful foot, ¡¡are piins o f the ftomach, and
hemorrhages. I cannot enough wonder that the pofleffors o f
lands and feudatories o f .Dalmatia} generally mindfo little the
iubfiftence. o f their peafants, who, really, have need o f others
to think for them. The .plantation of - chefnut trees, which
has never been attempted inanyipart,of this-province, would certainly
thrive well in the inland1 mountains}:¡and might foon produce
a healthful food for the poor. Potatoes Would alfo prove o f
great benefit to them, and they would furely rather feed on
thofe than on the root of brus, alphodcl, or boiled juniper berries,
food too much fifed in ye;ai4 b f Icarcity, by many wretched
inhabitants o f the iflandsj ’kn'd-bii theTekdblft.h' 'Ybu 'know well
how ufeful potatoes-ha^S-'bdertr to- jfdur native country, where
they fupply the place o f bad bread, Akhioh the fcjualid pealants,
particularly o f Delecarlia ufed to eat in times of fcarcity.
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