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the lhallow water, near the hamlet o f Ramina, where formerly
there were fait pits. The principle occupation o f the Bettignani
who inhabit,the weftern extremity a o f ,'the ifland, is to gather,
macerate,,, ipin and weave the Genìjìa,^\\ió\ they go to fetch
even from the coaft o f Iftria, and the ill and s of the £>uarnafo.
They make,doth o f this plant, o f various kinds, which fome-
times is, ufed for making faGks, and. fometitpes, ihirts, and petticoats.
Doubtlefor i f this att we&exercifed in a lefs iloveniy
manner, much better manufactures might be derived from the
Genifia. The fea ferves them for macerating the twigs.
0 / T r ibo uh u c -* V o d iz z a , P a r v x c ii, Z l a ju n f ., and Z u r i .
After pafling the ftrait o f Morter, the firft inhabited place on
the Continent is Prtlouhug, or Pribouoni, an ifolated village, ugly
and miferable, furrounded by a wall, and joined by a Rone
bridge to the ihore. Towards the end o f the laft century Pap-
fiz z a , a peafant extempore verfificr, was born here ; he is ilill
famous for the number o f verfes which he ufed to ling,' accompanying
them with ÙieGuzIa-, but I could no find any thing o f
his in writing.
T he village o f Vodizza, little more than a mile diftant from
Tribouhug, has taken its namefromthe abundance o f water found
every where about it ; for Voda, in all the 'Sclavonian dialeits,
fignifies water. It cannot be faid that Vodizza abounds with
fprings.; but there is a fubterraneous river, not fo large nor fo
deep as the wells o f Modena, though -of the fame nature. It
runs between the firata o f the littoral marble, and, at high
tides, its water is not wholefome. In whatever fpot thereabouts
they dig a well, the water is found at the 'fame
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depth and with fmall expènce. The I appearance o f the people
that I faw at church, did not indicate 'riches t yet the land o f
Vodizza, as far as Icb n l’d difedver about thè habltiitionsf ii nrót
bad. The afcent from''thè ffiòrè 8 1 éàfy; jand juft- foffictent to
preferve the lands frotn beiiVg Overflowed by the :vviVesi' 'Several
well cultivated' little iflands form a delightful profpecl front
this village. One o f ! 'its moft confiderable produdts, as well as
o f Tribouhug, ate \}àtJMàrdfcbe cherries, o f which, by diftiU
lation, they make Rojiliol At Zara and Sibenicu.
Parvich, Zlarine, and Z uri are the befi peopled, and moft
confiderable iflands under the jurifdidtion o f Sibèfitèòì1 "T h e y
contain a great number o f fifhermen,. as well as indnftrious ,1a-
bourers o f the land,, who cultivate both the vine and the,olive,
to great perfection. Thefe three iflands fend every .year, in the
fiihing feafon, forty large nets out-of their different ports, and,
by the plenty o f fiih they catch, provide a comfortable livelihood
to a great number o f families. But it remains to,be wiih-
ed, that the buyers o f their failed fardines, mackrel, mullet,.
&c. brought them to market at. Venicej we might-then exclude
a great part o f tbat:ftinking and unwholfome fiih, "which, fince
the beginning o f the pfefent age,, the Hollanders bring us, year
after, year,:, in greater quantities, and which ferve fó poifon the
poor tables o f our peafants. I fiaid feveral .days on one o f thele
iflands x and the hope, o f being able to do fome fervice to my
country kept me occupied with that ' pbj eft much more than
with the fearch o f natural curiofities, that perhaps the fea might
have furniihed me with. But I will not detain you on this fub-
jeit, as fuch details are father calculated to intereft the economy
and political views bf the government, than for learned foreigners.
All thefe three iflands were inhabited by the ancient Romans
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