The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-03-19
Translation copy, lighted by G. ". Hanna. 1855
CHAPTER I.
pEscADE AND MAT1roU.

in the prologue of this history, on the
gath Of May, 1882 there was holiday
at Rlcusa, one of the chief towns of the
Dalmatian provinces.
Dalmatia is n narrow tongue of land
lying between the northern Dinaric
Alps, Herzegovina and the Aariatic.
1t is just large enough to hold o popula-
ton of from four to five hundred thou
sand, with little squeezing
A fine race arc these Dalmatians,
sober III an arid country. where araole
land is rare. proud amid the many polit-
zeal vicissitndes they have undergone,
naughty towards An tria which gained
it by the Treaty of Compo Formo in
1915 and honest t wards ALL SO much
tina he country can be called accord
ing to beautiful expr' ssion reported
by NJ. Y ialte the and Of the lockless
doors"
Damatia is divide INTO four circles.
and these are sl,hsliv;ded into DISTRICTS
the circles ais those of Iara, Spala:o,
Cattaro, and Raol,sn. The governor
gen raj reside; at Zlra the capital of
the r1ovince, where the Diet meets, of
VIII CHI many members form part of the
UpNer House of Vienna.
Times are much changed since the
sixteenth century. when UscoCurs,
fugitive Turks ut war with the Mnssul-
mars as we'll as the Christians. with the
Seuate as we'll as the Venetian Rnnuhlic.
were the terro" of the sea. But the
Uscouues have Disappeared and Traces
Of ia 1Nn i,
Carnoln The A 'lintic is now rs safe as
any ther part of the poetical Metlitcr-
ranean.
Rae ,sa, or rather the small state of
Ra"uea, has been r"nnh'i.an for cen
turtles. even before Venice that g to
saw, since the ninth con NV, It was
only in 1903 that d"crnn of Naoolnon
united i, the vcar How no, to the
Einadom of 1llvria and made of it
duchv for Marshal Marmont. In the
ninth century Racusan vessels, which
plourhed every sea Of the Levant, had
the monopoly of the trade with the Inf
dels- amonopolv granted them by the
Holy See and Rarllea, N cons Guence,
was of great impoitanc" amon~ the
small repuhl'cs Of Southern Eurore.
In these davs RaGusa is famous for still
nobler things, and the reputation of lis
scientist the renowr # s W it"rs and
the taste of its artists hnvN ivpn it the
nave of the Scl,vonic tth"Ns.
The modern shipp ny r's'dn must have
harbors where ther" Is u o cd anchomrn
and water deep enou2Il .orrccive vessels
of large tonnage. R}4rs1 hi o sHch
harbor. The basin is M ror. c~ow led
with rocks Mt the water We AM hardly
large enough to admit small cuns ers and
fish nc boats.
Fortunately about mile nd half
to the north on one Of thn indeu-a.ions
Of the BAY If Ombia T m"ra, a cay ice
Of nature has formed an excolnn h}rbor
adapted for all he needa of mo,jern
navigation. This i, 4 G"avo~a, AMI he
harbor is, perhaps, the best on he DIAL
NATHAN coast. 1t has water enough
even for war ships; there are several
repairing slips and building wards ; and
there the large mail hosts can put in
with which the immediate future is to
endow the waters OF the world. It fol-
lows, therefore, hat h. raa sron Roo
usa to Gpnvosa hi hecome n regular
boulevard, planted with maenificenr
trees, bordered witt charni villas,
frequented by the poNu atiou of the
town, which in 1892 amounted to from
10000 TO 1900 inhabitants.
On til gath Of May, about four
o'clock on II beautiful spring afternoon.
the RaSusans We're crowtling in great
numbers towards Gravosa In that
suburb-for Gravosn being built Mt the
gates of the town may well he called
slich-a fair was in progress with the
usual games travelling booths music and
sports, and dancing i'll the open dir.
quacks acrobats, and entertainers, from
whose shouts, and songs and in ,truments
there arose o tremendous uproar along
the streets and ietties.
For stranger it afforded an excellent
/, opportunity for studying the various
types of the Sclava race and the mixture
of Rohemians of all kinds. In addition
to the travelling Snowman, who has come
to the fair to make money out of the
curiosity of the locals. the country folk
and moutaineers had thronged i'll to
take part in the public rejoicings. The
women were in great numbers girls
from Ragusa, peasants from the neighbor-
hood. 6sh-women from the coast Some