Dalmatia, the Quarnero and Istria, with Cettigne in Montenegro and the island of Grado . of Cherso rose to importance in its count only resided one month at Ossero out ofthe twelve, fixing his general residence at Chersowhere the climate was wholesome. The bishop alsofled from the malaria of his cathedral city, and H 2 lOO Ossero. [Ch. xxv. during the unwholesome times of the year lived atCherso or Lussino. Palladius Fuscus, a Paduanwho ^^TTote about 1470, sjDeaks of Ossero as half inruins. Farlati describes it in his time as an un-healthy town with a population of only a hundredciti
Dalmatia, the Quarnero and Istria, with Cettigne in Montenegro and the island of Grado . of Cherso rose to importance in its count only resided one month at Ossero out ofthe twelve, fixing his general residence at Chersowhere the climate was wholesome. The bishop alsofled from the malaria of his cathedral city, and H 2 lOO Ossero. [Ch. xxv. during the unwholesome times of the year lived atCherso or Lussino. Palladius Fuscus, a Paduanwho ^^TTote about 1470, sjDeaks of Ossero as half inruins. Farlati describes it in his time as an un-healthy town with a population of only a hundredcitizens. Fortis writing in 1771 says that twohundred and fifty inhabitants form at present thepopidation of Osero; hence it happens that theapothecary is also the advocate, and that the doctor2oloughs the soil. We ivere much edified, he con-tinues, by the Signor Doctor, who by bringing intocultivation an abandoned soil does his best to repairthe harm he has done with his medicine; but wethought the Signor Apothecary might have beensatisfied ivith irijuring folk by one profession alone^.. 5 O&SCRO Fig. Si. As we neared this corpse of a city, as Fortis callsit, ivhere there are perhajps more empty and ruinedhouses than there are inhabitants, its aspect agreedvery well with its melancholy fortunes. Abovebroken walls and mean roofs there rises indeed alarge and imposing church with a lofty campanileand spire of good proportions, but it is difficult to Fortis, Saggio, &c., p. 36. The present population is onlyabout 150. Vid. Franceschi, L Istria, \). 446. Ch. XXV.] Ossero. i o i say which of the two fallen cities, Ossero or Nona,presents the most abject picture of neglect, poverty,and decay, or which of them shews more visibly inthe pale emaciated countenances and lack-lustreeyes of its inhabitants the prevalence of the fatalmalaria that, like a secret foe, is ever lying in waitand seldom misses its victim. We landed full of curiosity on a spacious quayoutside the town walls, where a p
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