the progrefs o f the drawing, and were fo far from ihewing wonder
or contempt at my colledting ftones, as our peafants ufe to
do,' that they appeared even curious to examine them themfelves.
hiy vanity was not a little flattered by the furprife o f thoie men,
born, and hardened in fatigue, at my agility in climbing and
defcending the rocks ■, and 1 was highly pleafed on hearing one
of them exclaim; Gofyodine, t i nij/i Lanzrfianin, tifltV la h ! Sir,
you are not an Italian poltron, you are a Morlacco. The ho-
neft Morlack, who was tired of following me among the rocks,
certainly paid me a very fincere compliment. Little more than
half a mile below the Velika Gubaviza, the river falls again
from a height o f about twenty feet, and forms the mala gubaviza,
or little cafcade. This exhibits a lefs magnificent, but a more
theatrical view. The river falls among craggy mafles at the
foot o f the mountain, and then expands over the fpacious valley
flanked by woody hills, and commanded by the mountain of
Duare. The main ftrudture of this mountain is not o f marble,
though the top is. Defcending towards the river, I obferved
a great variety of marine eat th more or lefs hardened; but a
kind o f aih-coloured clay, without fand, predominates.* From
the foot o f mount Duare, a rugged hollow ftretches along fouth-
ward, feven miles to the fea fide, and preferves diftinguiihable
veftiges o f the abandoned bed o f a river, which perhaps has
been interrupted by the fall o f fome large piece o f a mountain,
and the water turned another way. When I examined the
brows o f thefe difmantled hills, it appeared by no means im-
poflible, that from new ruins, new interruptions might arife,
and fo produce other deviations o f the Cettina.
Courfe
* Argilla humido carpilefcens^ ujìiene rufefcens. Li0 52. 9.
Argilla vitrefcenS) rudts, Wall. Argilla rudis fabula dejìiiuta. Wolterfdorf.