en the left fide o f the r i v e r t the«, waters have opened'a pailug*
.through it, which mud- have been-by, a ' work. o f Jong time.
TJie view of thofe m a lies -ofrocks fannsa piece o f feenerv that
relieves the eye after the-.tkefame uniformity o f the-.neighbour-,
ing uncouth places.. Who. knows to what ancient, and. deep
parts of mountains this vaft .wall osce belonged, and when it
.was hardened into ilone by the. waters that in other ages.-paffed
through the vertical' aperture, .of which, imahe-courfe of, time*
fo ftrange a veidge. remained* T h e difpofition o f the internal
mountains of Dalmatian and o f lorae-of thofe near., the djo-re,-.. ,of
argillaceous nature^ is. alraodcoaihintly traverfed here and there
by veins o f find done, or o f land done, mixed .with ihells... . The
great wall c£ M iti:a has-on both ddes.beGn danked o f old,with
drata o f elayy-of which the contiguous monntMns.ar© :alfo in^
ternally compofedj and? particularly., thofe into the'heart of
which the-wall ftretehesi both on the right., and left,-dde o f t-h®
river, which has forced its pafihge through; by, .overturning a
part of it. I T he ample ruin manifeiiin that place,;; and the great .
height o f the maffes through which.-the river forced .its way* .
tearing the bowels o f the mountain-» o f 'which they, formed.n .
part, are objefts well calculated to fhew how.many,and great
alterations, the fuperficies of. this globe differs by the means o f
mountain, waters. And this is deinondrated not only> by the
river Cettina, or the ’ Kerka, but even*by! every-little torrent j
nor is it applicable alone to the mountainous, regions,...hut, ald>
to the low plains fubjeft to inundations that raife them; and to
the fea coads, near the mouths c f rivers, which, like Ravenna,„
and Adria, in the courfe o f a few ages, are fat at a didancs
The Cettina, without the draits o f Miriz, fpreads itfelf wide'
* over the valley, and is divided into many branches by the banks
Of gravel, and ta-phaceous obdrudlions. Small’barks may come
up within-a ihort mile of this place, and formerly they ufed to
bring fait for trade to the fort o f Vijfech, which was diimantled
an age ago,- being thought ufelefs. Farlati, in his Lllirico Sacro,
fpeaks o f Wiffech as a drong and well fortified place not many
years ago j ; and Bufching calls it a c ity ; though the truth is,
it neitherhas inhabitants, nor even vedigesof habitations. From
this place to the fea> the river has a- free courfe for three miles,
though.it takes a winding road among-rocks o f frightful height,
which form perpendicular banks for a Jong traft. The variety-
of profpects that occur in the ihort courfe o f the Cettina from
ViJjech\o Ahniffa;is truly charming. The paflage is fometimes
from very narrow canals to open vallies, well cultivated, and
partly ,covered .with cattle .then between high rocks where no
ilfue can he feqn,- and fo by turns through a variety .of pleafant
yiews^randifrightful padages, .you arrive at the mouth o f the
river, .regretting the ihort duration o f fo magnificent and .delightful
.a fpehtacle.
. O f the Province o f Po g l iz a and its Government,
T he appendages o f mount Mojj'or extend, on the right o f the
river, following its winding courfe from the village o f Gardun
oppofite to Trigl, till the way to .the fea. This trail of hills that
rifes between Clifla and Duare, .and reaches from the mouth o f
the Xarnovniza .to that o f the Cettina, goes under the name o f
Poliza. 7 he river jferves as a confine to the province of Pogliza
for above thirty miles, interrupted only by a fmall part o f the
territory o f Duare. The Poglizans have 00 city, neither had
K k 2 they