Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-28
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their remains are still dfscernible. Rome, though hampered by Garth aginian plots, held 1t from the Third Century. B. C., to the conclusion of the Byzantine period and then, after ebortive Saracen attempts to take the island. it's possession oscillated from cne to another of the Italian repub- licsys the chief cofitestaf1ts being Pisa and Genoa, finally passing definitely to the Pisans through the interposition the then Pope Aragon succ >Sied to Pisan in the Sardinian domination, md Spanish control remained in vigor ish Succession, after which came fluctuatfng suzerainity which was brought to an end by the definite ces- sion of Sardinia to the Dukes of Sa- Evoy. in exchange for ciciiy. the new rulers taking on at the same time royal title and initiating the line which now occupies the throne of Italy.
 from which, it is. separated by only seven and a half miles of deep chan nel, SardiHia is mountainous and pie tufesque, with the agricultural steril- lty which generally accompanies such a landscape The vines, the olive and some grains however, are cultivated. and, considering the primitive methods employed, the returns are not incon- siderable. In the days of the Roman Empire the island was looked upon as a. national granary; but it certain fly has no such distinction now.
 The sea as we'll as the land is r;1lowede ty the Sardinian, but the fish, cries which most naturally associate themselves with the name are now of small consequence-and there are probably more sardines put into tin al Eastporr,9 Maine, than in the whole island of Sardinia. The Sardinian of pure stock is not naturally sailor and the fisheries, both of coral and sponge. as well as of general nature, are largely in the hands of Genoese and. Neapolitan immigrants.
 The Sardinians are racilly of small stature, and this dininutiveness ex- tends also to the domestic beasts, which has led anthropologists to be- lreve that they are descended from a tribe of African pygnies who had emi- grated from their southern home to the island. The late Paul du Chaillu, who claimed to have discovered the pygmies of Africa, held to this theory; and was fond of advising his friends to go to Sardinia instead of to Africa to study the race whom he asserted he had brought to modern scientific attention.
 Two main dialects rule the speech of the Sardinians. devided north and south. in both of which a large number of Latin words remain unchanged from the. days of classic communica- tion, though it is with difficulty that the two sections of the island can Spedh WILT edcA- OtneT.- OnSequentIy, Italian the official language is large Fly employed. Outside of the larger cities the native costume remains in daily use and the old-time ustoms are also observed The Sardinian peasant :s amiable, hospi*ab1e and dignified fn manner; he is distructful of changes in his mode of life and there is little of enterprise in his character: though poor there are few beggars among -them-which may perhaps, be ex- plained by the fact that the island is rot greatly frequented- by foreigners The -brigands. who held sway in near by Corsica to so late a date, long since disappeared from Sardinia; and with the aggrandizement of it's sovereigns the island seems to have taken a re- ciprocal retrogression."
 .CaSliari, the source of the new first referred to, is the capital of the south ern of the two provinces of the is- land and is, the largest Sardinian town. with a population of nearly 10000 It is the seat of an archbishop and of a small university.