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by the turbid depositions o f the waters. The lapides lenticulares,
and other fimilar foffils are alfo feen, intimately united
with the mafs o f marble. In going'from Zara to Nona on horfe-
back, I obfervedVa Curious difpofition o f the foil, which the
ihrubs, 'wherewith that tract o f Country is naturally covered, for
thirteen miles in length, feem in great meafure, to have made.
From Zara, to the village o f 'Coffiño; the fields are ilony, yet capable
o f bearing1 vines',' and corn; but they are laid out
in a meadow ground, and are very ill kept. A mile beyond
Coffino, there is a wood o f the Sabina fruticofa, called in Illy-
rian ghthifntrtch, or deaf Juniper ; no other ilirub is to be feen.
After a m iled f the Sabiria, begin the Lentici, which occupy but
a fhort fpace: 'thew .' the 'Pfydirea, Erica, Arbutus, and fmaller
Ilex, live in common fotiety together. To thefe fucceed the Junipers
and laflly* near Nona,.'the Paliurus, called Draca by
the inhabitants!' reigns- alone. & 'Teould not perceive any remarkable
difference, in the refpediive foils occupied by thefe various
families o f ihrubs. The Ilex cocci glandifera, of the Bo-
taniils, is very frequent along the coaft; and in the iflands
o f Dalmatia ; but, notwithftanding all the diligence I ufed, I
could not find.the Kermes. It would be,a laudable experiment,
to endeavonr to fettle here, the race o f this precious infedl, getting
it from the Levant Iflandsi where it is found naturally.
There is the greateft reafon to hope, that, in a fhort time, it
might become a produce o f cbnfequence to Dalmatia.
*
O f
From the Greek JjW™, piuigo; Many other botanic words in the Illyrian
language, have a near affinity to the Greek, fuch as tram, herb graft,
dervt, wóod,
O f the Diftrict o f Z a r a .
The large province, which in our maps is called the Territory
o f Zara, flill retains its ancient name o f Kotar, which the inhabitants
o f the country conftantly give it. This, trail o f country
is generally reckoned unheal thy in the fummer: but I have vi-
fited a good part of it with impunity, and fhould have extended
my obfervations further, if, through the heat, and fatigue, my
drafsman had not contradled an obilinate agueiih fever. This
difappointment alfo prevented my bringing into, Italy, a much
greater number o f drawings, and other curiofities, T he line
o f my travels, through the territory of Zara, was by the towns
o f San. Filippo and Giacomo,, Biograd (called alfo Zaravec-
chia) and Pacofliane, on the coaft,; Vrana, on the lake o f the
fame name, Ceragne, Priitegli, Benwvaz, Peruffich, Podgraie,
Collovaz, Stancovzi, Oiltrovizza, Bribir, Morpolazza, Bagnevaz,
and Radaffinovich within laud.
T r a j a n -s A q u ed u c t .
I faw at San. Fili,ppo and Giacomo, the yeftiges o f an Aque-
duit, either built, or repaired, -by the Emperor Trajan; and
followed the trail o f thefe veftiges, for a confiderable way, on
either fide. Hence I can pofitively affirm, that, the Dalmatian
hiilorians, particularly, Simon Gliubavaz, >whofe manufcript
lies before me, and Giavanni Lucio, in his celebrated work,
cohcetning the Kingdom o f Dalmatia, and Croatia, were grofs-
ly miftaken, when they wrote, that Trajan brought water to
Zara, from the river Fizio, or-Kerka,- taking it from the caf-
cade o f Scardona, called in the language of the country, Skradincki
Jlap-,