times, fome fettieijierif either'Greek1 or Roman, s but few or no
veiHees o f any large toWnDare°hfow:,lo be feen. Indeed, the
only; marks, d f ancient. Habitation are 'fomb old tiles, fragments
ofyafes, and fome Hewn ftonesl among wMiiih l Obferved beautiful
pieces o f a cornice, w iicn muft navhfi'dlon^'ed to fome mag-
nificentfand well built fafefick. , Ancidbt-Coins and infcriptions
are frequently found ; but the iufpicioiAsJtciriper ‘o f the inhabitants
renders a fc rch for fuch^aita^iiliifi'vefytllfflctilt. I would
have keen g la d to have nacf l i L in ihy ^ ¿w t i to1 dig up fome in-
icription that afcertained the city o i 'ffolih'tum. The people o f
the ifland told, me, that, net many years ago, there were fome
iSmains o f a wall bii"die trip o f ih likill3; ^bubthby' were ckrried
away' torbuild a cliufCh" fo the' hladbiriftdf Gi'adinii. Whatever
hame'fois’iflapii1 went by' iri formkri times,5 tftifituation is certainly
beautiful and delicious asariy bah be. T h e MU- rifes gradually,
and overlooks'an arm o fIh e kS| lU'lf d f Kt’tlte iflarids and pro*-
rpantories, extehdiog the profee(^kiirtff-<ltsitc^)§to a part o f the hills
in the terri tory o f Zara, asfar a,s the Bebiifl A l f s!.1JThe fmall woody
iilanhs o f Finik-^tdn, PeglHna, in i fflMi- ffibik,-heighten the beau,,
ty o f this fituation. T he whole ifia Atl of.Vlorter, which is thirteen
miles_round, i v 6ff the' mo il'pSiii',' fulcbptible o f cultivation,
and. under better" management, ‘ ‘ wddlfl, rib'doubt, yield rich
produce to^its inhabitants.' "“B u r ‘It?’' prfeftht •irihabitants are a
worthlefs people ■'"“arid ft 'K 'J6lWfefved,io tha t,-in every pka.-
tical boat “of’J,tifoie ;pari^C' “ rnlfbJ 1M'^t'-'tealt, one of that
ifland, who-ferves'the'robbei;3s‘ J4i l;kilbt'tlfi:Oiigh all the- paries,
and as a guide to the moil unfrequented creeks, and- hiding
places. The ilrait, .that divide^ the ifland of Morter from the
continent, is much frequented by, im'ali bafiS and boats-, eipeci-
cially in the ftormy feafons, i when the ‘navigation in the open
fea is too dangerous for them. In confequence bf this paffage,
there
there is, on that fide ,of thefflaodv a large village o f well built
houfes, feveral o f which are Inhabited by trading people, in eafy
circumilances,}.
the oppofite contin.enf, - ne n^’l^ a o
are quite bare, If
marble-of this, ifland,3a§jl,of'thejieigh
i-s full o f mar;inerb ^ e | i t whiph, p^ob^y,
o f the
which grow there to .tIqat inr^>r:iicci.: Tb-, tome of* them exceeding
ibur iriches ia-Jeijgth. . =j,;
»mol 'n w sisift ,ogb ynara.ion ,isrb .»m blal fanafli -a.
The p ro pm fo rg g f'.th ft iw flj? $ g w ¥ t o l rdifil^?
very dtttle adv$&|age 5
felves obliged t.Ojgiv;e i l ^ g . i^aoje!than th e fifth, pM jjg f. 5Re..f?£?lf
they make, aad.;. nothing PrPfnw'i
is but little cultivated hy -vvp-^o mo?
d;s-preferred,.
-.¡q.r. the; landds: leftfojt p|(fu.r^v . ,,The yvant 'btiifcipTine and Mb-
ordination among now^^jlji.a nghper^.con
by a combination, of ,q,|hej E S l t o t ^
attempt o f th e .p r q p r i^ r s tp^ecq^er.the leaif part o f their f ig h t , .
extremely dangetou^
this vicious conilitution,, \yl)ich, took i.ts rife in me cUamitous
times, o f contagion,- or. pfjrruptiops p f barbarians ^aridw would,
be a.defirable event, I f , in this, happy) age oftpeace anda|vance-
ment of £ this
diforder.. ji ) : > IjoJmjjpinhiu edi 03 sbiug £ -es
Fiihing is not much minded fey t es’ ^
the canals near their ifland, the’tiinny often; in lafge ihoals,
and many lofe themfelves, and flay the winter, particularly-in
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