Dalmatia, the Quarnero and Istria, with Cettigne in Montenegro and the island of Grado . It is interestingto notice the accuracy of the imperial and royal titleCE^ REGiEQ MASTis VAivoDA in some of them. Thefollowing also on the tomb of a lord of Lewensfeldhas a certain quaintness :— SI NVMEBAS ANOS ANOS TIBI POSTVLO CANOSDEVOTA REQVIEM DICERE MENTE PRECOR. On a stony hill behind the town stands the four-square tower of Nehaj (Fig. 93), built they say inthe time of the Uscocs as a defence against theTurks. This reminds us of the other and legitimateside of the position of the Uscocs at Segna, n
Dalmatia, the Quarnero and Istria, with Cettigne in Montenegro and the island of Grado . It is interestingto notice the accuracy of the imperial and royal titleCE^ REGiEQ MASTis VAivoDA in some of them. Thefollowing also on the tomb of a lord of Lewensfeldhas a certain quaintness :— SI NVMEBAS ANOS ANOS TIBI POSTVLO CANOSDEVOTA REQVIEM DICERE MENTE PRECOR. On a stony hill behind the town stands the four-square tower of Nehaj (Fig. 93), built they say inthe time of the Uscocs as a defence against theTurks. This reminds us of the other and legitimateside of the position of the Uscocs at Segna, namelytheir function as a frontier garrison. Nehaj is alarge square keep very well built, with angle Yid. supra, p. 182. Ch. XXVIL] Segna. 193 vedettes picturesquely corbelled out, and a spurbasement. The embrasures being splayed outwardsand not inwards shew that it was built in the daysof cannon, and not those of bows and arrows. Though there is little to see there in the way ofarchitecture, the associations of Segna are sufficientto make a visit interestino-. The town bears traces. V!^ T\J E H A J Fig. 93- of having enjoyed a nefarious prosperity in the goodold rattling days of pillage and piracy. The amplesquares and convenient streets, which though onlyflaofgred for foot traffic and not accessible to carriao-esare nevertheless wider than is usual in Dalmatia,are the outcome perhaps of much ill-gotten wealth,and so are the houses, which are certainly better VOL. III. o 194 Segna. [Ch. xxvil than is common in the district. As in the days ofour own smugglers the actual pursuit of the illicitcraft seems to have been left to the lower orders, atSegna apparently to a distinct corporation, but theirbetters aided and abetted them and subsidized themwith money, and profited largely by their gains,and as a rule w^ere in the end the only personsenriched by the crimes in which morally thoughnot actually they had a hand. The people of Segna seem still a rough folk ; theytalk little Ita
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