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ÏIOMBINO,
I s l e o f
E u s * .
ports of Eueca, and thélr ip^tto-ig L ieer! Asjj 'a goddefs rarelv found
tnofe ami'ablë than here.'*
-Th'erdiaiitffi^^;r'ep^®iet3f Ht. Marino ha&vlïeeri’"délBbrated by tnany
ablè writelk The lbhaoitanf|,*af' the village and moumlHs* are” computed
'5 f §oS$$‘. It is füriouhded by' the ^doiAfnronsJorthe r^ ip an cl
"claims hrs pfëteöion. A hermit of the- fifth centiiry gaVé’flkme and
•Exïfterièe1- to^this'" v ilh ^ “ wKicfl^greW up^tmmolefted 1örifithe HBfy
sgftfp&tf '%l* *ïf 3$ thè miferablë fSm^ira&h ‘of ta^dmkl Al'ÉfésnSili, fbeitig
difappt>tnte3‘ in embroiling large ftates/'yWs 'dwedeff'“ agVifeW^fó ftoall
-rëffubilM; which he flɧe®èSrto' RoriiéV but the rè?vènue.bfelüg'inc'óri-
• fiderkblè' its anciént privifëgW1# ^ ^ © ^ . if
:■.•£ The priScrpalty of'Höbkbinfo, ééhfiftitig of a fmall pörtibn*
‘ftalikri fboVe':smd the oppofite ifle of EM; Weri; in the tfifrtfeefltj^llOT-
tury fubjy<9t tb the PifaxiS; and after feveral revolutitfes paffed Wftfe
fadiiy of Appianö, as a detached pnriCiprfHtyV &
wkS feized By C*far Botgi^ büt after the death óf popë rAleXah'd*ër VI,
• tetdinéd Wthë houfe bf Appiatm' In the
• Elba -was rèpeatedly ravaged :hy the Turks. The principalftVïeë&fly
paffed to the houfe of Buoncompagni, that is the dukèsJdf Sofa» a Neapolitan
family which owes its fortune to the*' TOntifP Gregory XII.
Piombirio is 4 fmall ifègleflted town, the_ pfinMf- ftavitig/ genetdly ré-
fided at Rome. TheJ iflë of Elba-, ‘ the anclëntTlva,i^'abiÏÏn^^^
in length, and three in breadth ; and has beèn remarkable from "early
antiquity for its metallic productions, particularly beautiful lores &f fi»n,
{often eryftallized, and mingled with native..Prufijaa^blue* ',Thé chièf.
iron mine is that of Rio, in the weftern.p3rt.0f the ifte^i but .as there is
* Another fmall commercial republic, though fit-uated on thé' ëaftéf-n 'fliore o f thé Adriatic, is
often confidercd as an Italian fta te.; Ra gufa has a populqtion «■ about 56,000, on 35? fquare
miles- T his ftate being adjacent to the territory "formerly belonging to alic Venetiansi in D a l-
rtiatia, imitated the Venetian ariftocracy, and was protefted b y the T urk s on condition o f paying
tribute T h e religion' is the Catholic and the fpeech the Slavonic,j but moft o f the inhabitants
-fpeak Italian. I t is an archbilhbprick, Ivjth fix fuffragans, and its .commerce fi córifidérable, as
it fupplies the T urk s with feveral kinds o f merchandize and ammunition. Ragufa is an a'ricient
• city , being the RauGum o f the Romans, and in the tenth- century had become a metropolis o f
- Dalmatia. In the thirteenth century it was conquered b y the Venetians, and; afterwards ftibject
' for a time to the crown o f Hungary-. T h e hiftory o f R a gu fa may be traced in that o f Venice,
an d its manufaftures are ftill o f diftinguiftiéd beauty. L u c ii Dalmat 49, 'See. Bufching, iii. 359,
i no
CHAP ni- CENTRAL PART.
no water it (^wrought near* Piombinq, This remarkable ifle is alfo I
faid ''f0;fbQn|aih coppqr^jtead,-. and dven tin. Magnet, by theTtalians
ftylg4 ’.cal^|i$a,|i^alfQ«fkucidl in great perfection j but what Is ftyled
wbifejPalaTnliafeems'.to: be al.differentTdb-ftanpp. The coaft of Campo
contain s ^^anite, w 11 a tc ord in g to "Ferb'er* is 1 of ayiolef Tplour. ACbeftos^^
i|fenian,t,b.uS' 'are ialjb,iampng the; ptodutSfifOBS. pfMlBai Ferber,
himfelf a?Swedev4jays £hat.4hed^on<5qi;,e „ofl Elbaiistequal tq;that of Sweden.
-,T?his ifle ptofeie^'e^edllkot-wine, fom!e,qi, and flax ; but cannot
boaft o^much fqrtilitwin *,
*■ 'Bufohiug, I ta ly ,^ 9 4 . ; ^ q z ^ | i j j n In's fAv^Is ’ throng^J'ufcany, ftmpo/
es Ijlba tqfha’ (.ru ui.'ltd 'i 101I d f th e S^ifteJufed-b/ifhre'Romans.