. The near East; Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople. es they are,—solid and big, modern, with win-dows opening to the sea, and separated from it onlyby a broad walk, edged by a strip of pavement, fromwhich might be taken a dive into the limpid here, when the ship tied up, a well-dressedthrong of joyous citizens was taking the air. Chil-dren were playing and laughing. Two or three row-boats slipped through the gold and silver which thesun, just setting behind the island of Ugljan oppo-site, showered toward the city. Music came fromsome place of entertainment. A simple livelinesssugge
. The near East; Dalmatia, Greece and Constantinople. es they are,—solid and big, modern, with win-dows opening to the sea, and separated from it onlyby a broad walk, edged by a strip of pavement, fromwhich might be taken a dive into the limpid here, when the ship tied up, a well-dressedthrong of joyous citizens was taking the air. Chil-dren were playing and laughing. Two or three row-boats slipped through the gold and silver which thesun, just setting behind the island of Ugljan oppo-site, showered toward the city. Music came fromsome place of entertainment. A simple livelinesssuggested prosperous homes, the well-being of acommunity apart, which chose to live out of theworld, away from railroads, motor-cars, and car-riage traffic, but which knew how to be modern in itsown quiet and decorous way. Yet Zara had a great soaring campanile—it hadbeen visible far off at sea—and tiny streets and oldbuildings, San Donato, the duomo, San Simeone; andfive fountains,—the cinque pozzi,—and a Venetian 8 THE MARKET-PLACE AT SPALATO.
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