Sclavonic infcriptions, the one for the Angularity o f fome o f the;
characters, and' the other becaufe k indicates the time when thé
l i e r c e g Sttfîàno pafled through that country- -
In the Primorie they celebrate t-hg.viftues o f a final! fpring c f
water that ifibes frqru a.high fioch, P.ot far from the- church of
Drajrftze, apd falls into the iba after running down the rock.
T h e y fâ y jtis .a rd igh h iaJîiî p?rfe^: .as^t-hevaster o f Nacera j. and.
ithas sheen k ep t ie ftaiks for, rpanyyears without ;fpoilin». The
inhabitants make lriqucnt. and nicccfsful i;fe o f it in, their, fim-
ple medicine.. I t certainly has the. qualities which Hippocrates,
prefcribes,.. for it is xvptrawf^.jew yXmuru-y,. ¡,tuu-
’hxp.npoTa.Tr,,. It ^pul,di h e (iyfeH, t.o,fÇGmpaçp, thofe; waters toge».
ther„ with more preeifion,, ,.by way of analy£s,. and-by, repeated;
triajis ip .qur hofpi-tals'j, fiqcg even the^atçiçk o f Nocera water
draws no inconnclerable fijfn, o f money out o f the ftaie., It,is-
true,, that the very name o f wat§r. crf-jjpalnjatia,- would at firft
have.no,agreeable,found.in:.fhe earn'of pçopiç o f faihion,, but
the patronage o f two-or three j:byiiciahs. in. vpgue might fooni
overcome that prejpdiçe-, r
; Near that fpripg, I ..collefted, f^yeral, adventitious pieces o f
very fine ftaluary iuarhle, evidently ^deta.chsçl, from .fipngnor •
lirata, at ¡no.,great, djfta^c^wfeoR). the^/ea,,. ffiM a -beautiful,
red marble, very compaâ,. ,çf a fing gtain^ 4and worthy to
be employed in any ornament of- the nobleft buildings. * I f
the; travelling qaturaliiï^was always, furniihed vyith the necef-
fijry, means qf fringing, back to his own cbüptry qfienfible proofsrti
w h W iQ l 'l ' «niicl orb 01 bsinoh'riw 1 0 1 ¡ H i I .of-
* Cakareus micans,. rubtr. .Waller«, §, 4.1, 2 c. and alfo •-
Calcareus aquabiltSy incar haiui. m aller. §. 41. 1 c*
o f the ufe'fulnefs o f his obfervations, I ihould have returned to
"Venice -with flabs, or pieces o f the fineft littoral marble, enough
to make the artifts in love With'the pt‘odtid4dn©;bfVtlia.t>':kiiid
within our own ftate. I would alfo have brought a good quantity
o f the water of Drijhizh% cm t& in proper veftels] that our
learned and fincere phy'ficiahs triight have made the femiifitle exi
amination and trials. But it not being'goffible, ‘\vith private
■fupport, to do'all tha't might be done,' 1 WassdbMgeid1 to'. bonteht
myfelf with indicating the' ufeful things1'!' difedvered;'leiving
the reft to time and fortunate accidents!. '
1 Not far from the fpring o f Dfh/t:iia there is a chapel dedicated
to St. Rocco, Where 'ASuaAcIent; MiPrehe£cWa?r honoured, for
many •years, till; not long linc-e, it WaS' lfebt' td Vehice;7 If'teh
prefented a Satyr half covered with a mantlbdf goats ikiri, with
a*ftaffin his hand, abd ’hls dog nfcar him ; 'fom£;giWof%idB-bdy
appeats Bs o f a keeper'af garBeds; * AnTrdn grBt’e placed1 'beFdfe
it-defended it ffohiddd1 prbfih’e' hatidsV btrf'did'rtoi'hmder^the
goOd women and girls Of the neighbourhood fronT Cxpieflihg
their devotion to their St. Recco. This; infptdpet ;;ofajeEl <©f 'fii-
perftition was taken out o f its niche in the night time,; dad the
next day-there was' almoftBh infiiVrdafdn ar&bsgi1tHfer!peipl^ o f
.PPaptikepind they ¿drfld hardly he k ep t% 5th'iH 1b;dthad’slr! whled
they"wefe told,;' that' their' 'pr'dten'detkfaint was'fchrried away By
the command o f a -relpedtaDie fcourt.
Almdft' all the villages o f 'PrT»fdrie%ive Iptm gs'oi1 good -water,'
and feveral d f thern are in great repuie fe r 4%eir ftiuCrhyi’1 This
title-could not have been denied to'-the fpring o f Xivogofihie, in
the praife o f which two epigrams, taken notice o f before, are,
■’Engraved on the rock abqye -the l e a o n e o f which calls'the wa-
Qdl 2 ’ ter