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ta] p i f j t d id !!*oï^etti.»<«ii-«eg&nablbfto rtad-it M a ron iawith’
T ofsa iâftn èm ATôhtfeattcaipr^Hd; * g Itfasft cafe,, the .barbarous
woirdiMi-rfftÎ^W^iÆiheîîqafelBiMitoJjPijtrfliiaa'^, and Primerm.
T)i e airt biiy ifl g tfstiw Wte f tofi <Rwon ri a miftakés Mtaiarmiii for Inara-
«¿V 'Whithb(lfi3;lïâ‘)tabtei fenjpladiÆàwel.ve, miles >t0* tbojeaft- o f
O m k u W ? ^ ^ ^ /3bk$rR%it?àrüm,5¡per hips, ihouid iïand fieven
mil&S* fdr¥he^eâftwiàidp’wherei.ïr.ïègs!©fibui}dings ¡are ieen witb-
b à t:,âivy Püfl-^hyrdÿBhitod gives she name o f Macros to
Maéâfïkâp tBn&feiftfcspc atire ratepkajbr o.f one o f the, .three. diftricis
-cottfrt?îiéniiëd 'Withfa the lihaits; o f Pagariiaa that, is/to, fa y ,, in ,
riW-fe Cbrift-between the mouths o f ¡.the two rivers above men--
‘¿fcfilédî Aether siame/ofi Pugania is derived .from Pagamn-,. fa
M^§tp^do«he)ag)rruptedt(,naniasoc^fe'^a«!, Mucbirum, and
Mwhfirr^dpdofcidbfy oorilefrom the word A M « - ,. whichifigni-.
fiesmoiji, or watered-, and hence,, agrees very well with the
fituationrof;jMacarika^, which,is* watered* /by* feveralgpe-renniai
-ritviiktfej'v baaooii
*g& bnB-Jnaoar b avBv aM-rnrl-u <_
Macarfka, afterrhavin.g>formêd*.,part-o f the Narentan ftate:
fdr&Veral age«, when thofe pirates w.er.e exterminated, pail'cd,
togbthenwitb the reft o f - the iPtniimrky under the obedience o f
•arariotis’chriftiaa princessdnfthedetwtages-», aftcrwards,it became
AhÿdéfciottheiQttoman Porte,-; and -in,the,year i6,^6t it
;gavè’ itfe lf[t*,o]untarily to. the Repuhliçfo o f Venice, which receiw-
ed'it, and -gave the town many privileges,.
io RBλa^e-pjîJMjrdb«^efbf«n.the'#DW)«r:.JM«ift.Qf Maçarika, -cer-
■it^BiyinQihinsghnieient-iîgmaiBStthôttÇ it; in Sijfrifeyg, It is - al-
yt-ègelher new built, and is the only town in Dalmatia where no
ruined houfes, and heaps o f rubbiih are feen. T h e extent o f it
.-■is-buttftnadh. and. the,population not numerous; it has no fortifications
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fications o f any kind, and i s adhially without either gates or
walls ; whatever modern geographers may fay , and particularly
B n ichin g , who is alfo qmtQrntftaken in p la c iiig .it on the top o f
a h ill. It fla n d s a t ibeTQOt efiia-g^&at, mountain; and^ftretches
along the ;fides o f its ow n -fin all, and- not very go od harbour, -*
on plain; ground, .¡¡T h e :a ir .o f. this, diftridt w a sn o t very fidu-
brioas in the laid age, through the unwhdlefomo vapnuriS exhaled
from a ftan.dija;ge4K)Ql ;o£ braokifh . wfai-flitl- The inhabitants
Game to a refolution/ofiropesnngsa ;com m un ic ation ¡between, it,.ain'd-
the fe a ,. well kn ow in g.th at a fm a lh tr a it o f ground overflowed
b y fetid waters corru p ts.th e atmofphere tor.fome. difl;aRC§ round
i t ; , and, in fadi, the iffue corre fp ond ed per&cMyw ell with-their
patriotic views..; ,t»ndtdiGJpopulatiiortjs*h£tiigDesi!oniaitgtnenti'n,g,,
has; enjoyed muckibettei- health ifincb /than it - d id ibofoee» - - J
T h e people o f Mhcarika have very lively partsi'-'and ap ply/
themfelves particularly to trade ; they alfo fucceed w e lk in letters,
of-which the Abbe Clemente Grubbifch gave a recent and fig-
nai 'ex am p le .. H e was barn ¡at Mucarlka o f an ancient and n'oblb
family, and in 1773 was/ iramaturely fnatched away b y death-,,
from the republick o f 'letters*'' and firomdifs» country, to which
he was an h orfour; from trav fe lie ts'w h o ^ e re atr the; fame-time
in ftfu fle d and entertained; by. him, and fito'm 'hisitfrieridsVfoy
w hom he was • defervedly:1 loved a n d 1 efteemed. He has, no
doubt, left'fome valuable M S S . among1 which the Staria N a -
rentina, near finiihed, - deferves particular mention ; - and a treatife
on the origin^ and^n-aldgiGsi'of'/theiiSeiavaMfcdangta'agS,, ifuli o f
laborious, eruditidii. ,nT.hik'dekmed;-nia;n,t; wfeofevma«oersr¡were
bns «ilind wan Worthy
* Maty, and La MaWiSkW- their * a laVj^harbo&r -to »
Macarika