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some regret that we decided to spend only three 

 days here ; but my cousin, before referred to, 

 wrote that he was anxiously expecting us at 

 Spalatro. As there is only one steamer a week, 

 we had either to leave the first day or to stay 

 ten days, which, having regard to the advanc- 

 ing season, was more than we could devote to 

 Eogosnica. 



Accordingly on Saturday, September 15, our 

 camp was struck at noon, and we pulled off to the 

 island. An hour was devoted to the enjoyment 

 of the priest's hospitality, and then the Lloyd 

 steamer arrived and tied up to a buoy a hundred 

 yards from shore. It is unfortunate that the 

 village should have been constructed at a spot 

 where the depth of water does not enable large 

 steamers to approach the quay, as there must be 

 plenty of these round the islet. We left at half- 

 past three, and soon rounded the Punta Planka. 

 This is the most westerly point of the Dalmatian 

 mainland, and has an evil reputation for dirty 

 weather. From here Lissa and San Andrea were 

 again plainly visible. The latter is the furthest 

 scoglia from land, with the exception of the Pela- 

 gosas, which, being halfway across the Adriatic, 

 some time ago formed a bone of contention between 

 Austria and Italy. Strange to say, not long ago 

 a number of skeletons, surrounded by relics of 

 the Stone Age, were found upon these. It i6 a 



