cebdrngutty tfeb-tnelfoods vnSlghti;he in »¡iba tight to put the-
'mouths of two rivets prureedimg.from the lakes o f Prolofar, and
Jmojki, where the two Vrnllie are feen in the fea; though between
t h s 'l a k e i d m d ¿ c b e r e H a r c tw e b i y , miles o f intermediate
mop'ntainsiil ,i ,§«¡¿£30! i(lIjsTsnea ,■- * ••
-v.-rTbe chain o f ¡ c r a g g y ,« o f . Vorgprasu reaches, to the eaftward
aSfar.as the fowses^of the Norin, and divides the Turkiih territory
o f GlmbaJM fro in* the lakes o f Jezero, $ eferaz, Dejha, and
'Bucilrjko Bldtor T he firft of thefe, which I vifited, is above,
ten miles in’ length* and has feveral little iflands and rocks covered
with wood, [that afford a, plealan.t profpeft when beheld
from the tops of the„hills. All the circumference o f J e zu o is.
mauntainous-ji. I fawit. from. Proiegb^zwhfttHJ: went -to- copy
fame S c fav o n ic i n fc r iptions. c The waterofjthisjake, called Jezero
by way o f excellence, as being ther largeft in thofe parts, is
very pure and limpid'. In feme parts o f it the ruins o f houfes
arefeen at. the bottom ;. which;addsTtjme cnedit to what the in-
habitantstaf the neighbourhood: relate,, that,, in former tiroes,
the lake was cultivated fields, and the waters .fupk ingulfs,, cr
fubteryaneaus Jame, which were filled up by the, Turks on their,
abandoning .the country. Yet there ftilf remains one outlet toward
s.the toutb, where ij-fails intothe eayerni:o f Czernivir--, and'
as the people of thf country,fay ...after running two miles under
ground, forms the lake of De/m, then it falls into the Can.il-
neroy which mixes with: the river Narenta;a t two miles diflance
from the-'fea.o-jT:he lake. o f JezMo '.is however fometimes dry,
•acd.lhewsia r.ifihTeil toithe Morlucfe huftjand.men, who take ad.;
vantage o£the.ju®ifture.as well as. they can ; and the,fame lucky
circumilance fomctimes happens in the valley o f Rajiok. J e fe -.
raz;
m z is a fmall lake, and remains dry almwft . every year, .unleis
when there happen extraordinary falls o f rain, h a
The country that lies between Vergoraz, the Narentinh marbles,
and the fea, generally fpeaking, is little adapted ta culture,
being alternatively covered with water, and itoney hills:
hut the fields watered by the ‘Trebijat, beyond our coniines, ar.e
o f a very different nature. - Ye tc thfoogh ’the^eareleffnefs o f the
Turks, they are fufferedp fç>r the moffpart; to lie under water,:;
for the river has no kind of-banks, and is: even fuffered in fe.veral
places to be impeded in its courib in : the middle :o£i¿the plain.
The waters o f the freb ifa tare tartaronspiaKd in .places^- where
it dilates itfelf, the upper ftratum of the ground is:-often com-
pofed o f pieces o f ftraws, herbs, zaâ-N éfiutii coated with a cretaceous
concretion. -*1 colleétëd fome-for curiofity. while my
guides were at dinner. On the fide o f this river: are Jarge trafts
covered with bruihwood and. brambles, through the middle o f
which the ancient military rdad lay, that 'maintained the. communication
between :SaI&na and 'Narona. X went down- to the
military way to examine fomë old Sclavonic monuments in a burying
place .that Hes near k^'botte&uld .net look'fordnlcripiktna,
becaufe the buihes grew «50 thick, and, befidek, 'tmy-guides
Would .not affure me that the-Turks-, i f tb e y happened to- meet
ftp would look on my cûfibfity withôut fufplèibn. 1 The gteat-
eft part o f the tombs !are enormous-piecea o f marble, ¿ like thoie
•on which I had the honour to dîné With y o u r Lordihip. and>our.
numerous eompàhy ofgood Merlacchi, not far from jthe fources.
¿of the. Cettina. ' But the -baff-réliefs' ô f thé burying place.in. the.
wood, on the banks o f the" freK jitt, are much more curious
than thofe o f Vrilo-Celiina.
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