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that, but the road to it and the modern village are 

 not unpleasing. The former runs along a ridge 

 overlooking the harbour of the ancient city. On a 

 spit of land running out into this lies Vranjic, 

 otherwise known as " the little Venice." This 

 epithet is said to have arisen from its situation, 

 but for our part we could see little or nothing to 

 remind us of any part of the Queen City of the 

 Adriatic, unless it were, perhaps, a certain sug- 

 gestion of one view of the Giudecca in the 

 arrangement of some of its buildings. 



To us, after six weeks of Dalmatian rocks and 

 crags, the modern village of Salon a, with its 

 purling stream, green meadows, and fine trees, 

 afforded great pleasure. There is something very 

 suggestive of an English trout-stream about the 

 River Jader, as one looks up-stream from the old 

 stone bridge. It was this river which the Emperor 

 Diocletian utilized to supply his palace with water. 

 His stupendous aqueduct has recently been restored 

 at great expense, and in consequence Spalatro has 

 now the best water-supply of any Dalmatian town. 

 The reservoir, which is on the Salona road, although 

 a modern building, is surmounted by a fine 

 medallion of the emperor — a rare instance of tardy 

 gratitude. It is, however, rather strange to find a 

 Christian community erecting a memorial to one of 

 the most active of the ancient persecutors. But 

 Spalatro owes more than her water-supply to her 



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