50 IN THE LAND OF THE BOKA. 



but on nearer approach it proves a squalid little 

 place. A chapel is placed on top of an adjoining 

 hill, and is surrounded by a little cemetery. 

 Quoth our priest, " We Dalmatians are born 

 among the stones, live among them, and when we 

 die we are buried in the rock." All the cemeteries 

 in Dalmatia contain nothing but what we should 

 call vaults, built of, or even excavated in, the rock. 

 There was, however, a small annexe to the 

 Morter cemetery, with earth graves for use in case 

 of infectious disease. 



From Tre Bocconi it was a short run to 

 Previcio, and here we said good-bye with real 

 regret to Don Nico, who, after such short 

 acquaintanceship, had by his kindness really made 

 himself a friend. 



A brisker wind now got up, and soon took us 

 past Fort Nicolo, an old stone structure guarding 

 the ship channel, called that of San Antonio, which 

 leads into Sebenico harbour. 



