. The near East; Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople. healtar. I followed him with the rest of the congrega-tion, and we filed slowly up the steps, and one by onegazed down into the dim cofiin. There I saw a skull,and the vague brown remains of what had once beena human being, lying in the midst of votive offer-ings. On the fingers of one hand, which looked as ifmade of tobacco leaf, were clusters of rings. Thefat, bronze faces on each side seemed smiling. Butthe peasants stood in awe. And presently the greatlid sank down. All made the sign of the cross. Themarket-baskets were picked up, and t
. The near East; Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople. healtar. I followed him with the rest of the congrega-tion, and we filed slowly up the steps, and one by onegazed down into the dim cofiin. There I saw a skull,and the vague brown remains of what had once beena human being, lying in the midst of votive offer-ings. On the fingers of one hand, which looked as ifmade of tobacco leaf, were clusters of rings. Thefat, bronze faces on each side seemed smiling. Butthe peasants stood in awe. And presently the greatlid sank down. All made the sign of the cross. Themarket-baskets were picked up, and the turkey wasrestored to the sunlight. Close to San Simeone are the cinque pozzi—fivefountains in a row% with iron wheels above are between four and five hundred years old,and lie almost at the foot of the Venetian tower,near a Corinthian column and the fragments of aRoman arch. Just behind them some steps lead upto one of the delicious shady places of Zara. Mountthem, and you will have a happy surprise such as the i6 w X> CO O 2 WNNO. PICTURESQUE DALMATIA little Dalmatian cities are always ready to giveyou. You have been walking- away from the sea, withyour back to the harbor, and here is another, butminute, harbor nestling under a great fortress wallabove which, in a garden, some young soldiers areidly leaning and laughing under trees with leaves ofgold and red-brown. Brightly painted vessels,closely packed together, lie on the blue-green them are the trees of Blazekovic Park. Andjust beneath you, on your right, is the great, yellowstone Porta di Terra Ferma, with its winged lion ofSt. Mark. Beyond, over the narrow exit from theharbor, the landlocked Canale di Zara, which some-times, especially at evening, reminded me of theVenice lagoons, lies glittering in the sun. And aVenetian fort on the peak of Ugljan shows like astrange and determined shadow against the blue ofthe sky. The great white campanile which dominates Zara,and which from the sea loo
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