■well that the fuccefs of trials made in places'near the water, covered
froth fthe winds, âhd o f a manageable foil, is attributed to
thefe favourable circumftatices, and hot to the ikill o f the cultivator.
My judicious friend was dénrou^ that Agriculture ihould
be treated :by the polfell'ors o f land, in th‘ê‘Way ô f faft and ex-
-perience, and not by dedaétions, conjedtures, and compilations
of-thcifëwhb hàvb not the praitiearpirt beFofe their eyes ; hence
lié 'did not -much efteem 'periciih’tal pkpefS tli.it treat on this fub-
je ff ; and'difiègaidèd aff e^erimênts,1 unlèfs when made in thé
open ..fields?*'’ .According do his’’ mode’ d f thinking, as-Alpine
.piafiïsffanfpOrtéd into a botanical' garden ought not, for medicinal1
ures, to he preféiredAb thbfe gathered on the mountains.;
fô experiments made on’lands incjbrédj'‘*pfepared and watered,
.aré ,o f .little ..tofilequénce, .ûnîèis they ?fucçeed in large open
.fields, or on hilly ground.
'T h e ’hills o f 'Primorie am partly rocky,' and partly cultivable,
yet there is'need o f much induftry and fatigue to reduce thefe
la’ft '■^tÔ1fculture.bn^ehâèse4h'e'cretaçeoîis and clayey lands that
arb' capahlebf improvement, there arè'cêrtàih floney ftrata o f the
fame nature, wbich’tbeing dug'fip,‘ and expofed fa the adtion
o f thVtun anaVaijj fÔf'fo’métîrrie, become a very good foil for
n o /OTSili £ ¡Qdu £ *1 . K-r i ■ ■ braH 1 fil h
vides,' bùt ubfit’for blhv.es or grain. This kind o f earth, which
nïôulders'into very'ftiaatl rhbrnboidal parts, is called Btgar by
the Prifiidfiâns. 'T h é ‘‘cretàcébus earth o f a blueilh colour is
fom'etimes' mixed'With -véry minute land o f torrents, or with a
whitidi éàrfli'pVoc^âMg troBa oegÆÎfi^uftipn o f calcareous marb
le ';Jiti which caledt hears a good crop o f corn i f not ftorched
by’tob dry'a iuminerf ■" The floité rbojt .cpthmon in theie hills
is the whetftonej called' Brüjntza Dy the inhabitants, in which
fometimes fragments o f marine bodies are difcovered, and fometimes
times none. The quality o f this ftone i s . obfervable, it being,,
for the moil: part, rufty without, and al moil always o f. a blue
colour within;, thofe who build on thebrink ofthe.fca^.chuie
it for the foundation bpfore all l.thgftfori There..areialfQ,forne ijrata
o f Alberefe, a fort.of limeftone, and.yaripus.kinds o f marbjf,.; a-
mong which is. a m.aff p f ,lteautj(uJrred..^r«'«<?-.))pn the lands o f
Count Grubbifich. In, afcepding,, the .b^ds^.of ,tljp! tojsrents, near
the pleafant villa.wherp lodged*. atRpj^0tjfigJib^n^.c^jimjr
good friend, I colleàed ieyer^h.yarietiss .^ggrf:ggtgng:one,s..
The clefts madq by thefe eventual, waters,arpmo.t deep enough
10 give any precife.idèa ojf . thp internal ( ftruftn.re.^pf^ the bjlls*.
their beds being .generally^ flanked by, ipattef^.^rppght' dpyyn,im
ancient times from th0.111 011r. t.ii 1 1 bciopc the torrents .were reft
ram cd b y ;men withiq a fixed^eourfe.."j,Near.ihe,qhurch of, the
Madonna di Tucepì I colleélcd a very curious /pepies. o f white
marble all tinged with red férpentine lines running al moil all -
regularly in the fame direction.
- iVear that country church, which is iuVfonndqd'^y..it's-faprpd!?
Wood, thery are: many, ancient Splayonig jèpuìphres, ¡without
any infcription,., but wit^’ various baff-reliefs;, TJhe L mb
o f one o f thefefias a warnour’fir%geIy,.clad. . Op his head h -
a fort o f cap, and above that i s ^ f e d ^ ^ fy .,gw.ro.
which ornament perhaps‘the tradttipnjis'fieri.yed, that ivmiei t^is :
(lone the bowels^ o f a f/ogè o f Venice, who died in war againib..
the NarentineSy.were {juried^ '^This^ Doge i^jgjitfhaye been^.ie,-
tro Canditine, who ciecj m,uin expedition again ft the. jNarentines ■
near a place calk'd 'Micido.1 But 'the' i^ b f i p n e / ^
took a drawing''for'curioSiy? app^fs"ta^eV^cj^(jpic, '^ ,$ < 5 ;
fiiarp pointed cap'ip aifo Sclaymncj., as piay ' , be. feen indhe feal,
•i7 IQ £ O fi I 3.Ud Y<_ \IX DvIIBJ •:;■'-•■• V.’ .. ' j
■ Knot tovooiib3'is aeihpd:anhsmio aJrtsrnnsii