order, than to remove it radically. A prieft, for example, secured
o f defloration, has only to pay fifty paoli for a full acquittal,
according to the law o f the iiland. There goes a Rory o f a
prieR, who, being come to pay his penalty,, after he had laid
down his fiftypaoli, went on counting out more, and being aiked
why he did fo, anfwered : “ I pay before hand for the next Re-
“ floration o f which I ihall be accufed.”
The Greek fuperilitions fubfiit almoR all over the iiland o f
Veglia, though there is no clergy of the Greek rite in it. The
prefent worthy biihop Monf. Zuccheri, has not been able to eradicate
but a fmall part o f thefe fuperilitions, and his well meant
and zealous endeavours to extirpate the whole, involved him in
very difagreeable conteils with his flock.
The whole iiland o f Veglia contains about fifteen fhoufand inhabitants,
o f which, about fifteen hundred live within the city.
In former times, and till the beginning of this century, the inhabitants
o f the city fpoke a particular dialed o f their own,
fomewhat refembling that o f F r iu lij* but at prefent they generally
ufe the Venetian dialed. In feveral villages, the ©Id
Veglian language is flill in ufe, and in fome others they fpeak
a mixt jargon o f Carnian Sclavonic, Latin and Italian, particularly
in one village called Pagliza.
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* Here Is an example of the Friuli dialeCt : La Ifla de Vida ch'cmduta da torno
dalV jague de mttr-ziraja circa miglia chicmt; ce facile all’ afpradar.de furche de run-
qua grandezza nei zu fuarich, which means: The ijland of Veglia furraunded by
the waters of the fea, is about a-huridred miles round, it is of eafy accefs fo r barbs of
any ftze in its forts.
O f fhe Ruins o / F u l f in i o .■
Concerning the other ancient city of ¡this .iiland, which bore;
the name of Fulfinio, no memorial is extant in- the public records,
and I could difcover no ¡v.eftige .of it above ground the
firil time 1 was .at Veglia; In all my rambles through the iiland
I found no place that bore the charaders , o f antiquity, either
Greek or Roman.; or of ages anteriour to the .tenth century.
But the worthy .biihop Monf. -Zmsberi was more fortunate, not--
withilanding his.great -age, in one of his vifits to the mountainous
part of his diocefe,- He was driven by. a-Harm to a place,,
where,-without-doubt, there had. been a confiderable ancient
fettlement, and probably the city-of Fulfinioefface. Rood. • The '
biihop was pleafed-to communicate his difcoveries to me, and •
I ihall here inl'ert a part of his letter to that purpofe: “ I em-
“ barked in order to pafs from Befca to Verbenico; but an im-
“ petuous’boreal wind, arifing out o f the caverns on the Auf-
“ trian coafl, forced me, about mid-way, to take ihelter in a
“ port called Mala-luca, . where I was obliged to pafs the night,
“ not much at my eafe.. Next day, .at fun-rife, the fury of the
“ tide made us refolve to go on fhcr.ey. We foon found ourfelves
“ on a plain o f final! extent, furronnded by very high and rocky
“ hills, from whence' the wind rebounding defeended with in-
“ expreflible fury. - In looking about for a place to pitch our
“ tent, we difcovered an ancient wall in a very ruinous condi-
“ tion, by the fide of .which we were forced to remain two days -
“ and two nights; .fo r . the ohfiinate florm continued all that
“ time.: However, notwithRanding the wind,- finding myfelf
" in a place I had not ■ feen before, .and feeing the fmall plain
“ feattered with ruins,..not to remain idle,, I refolved, .together
“ with j