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to the Church, for temporal as well as for spiritual 

 assistance in Dalmatia, that it came natural to 

 us to wend our way to the priest's, and ask his 

 advice ahout camping. It is true I had a letter 

 of introduction to him, but I have no hesitation 

 in saying that any one who may follow in our 

 footsteps with nothing of the kind, will receive as 

 cordial assistance and hospitality from the Dal- 

 matian clergy as we did. This time our cleric — 

 a very kindly and genial gentleman — had very 

 decided ideas as to the best place for a camp. 



" The old seminary at Priko," said he ; " that's 

 the place. You will be quite private there, and it's 

 only a few minutes from the town. Come and see." 



In a few minutes we had crossed the river by 

 a ferry, and turned off the Spalatro road up a fine 

 avenue of poplars and pomegranates leading to an 

 old gateway. 



"Here you are," said our friend. "This is 

 the old seminary, disused for many years, and in 

 my charge. Pitch here in the courtyard, if you 

 like, between the seminary and this old church — 

 ninth-century Byzantine, by the way. Show it you 

 another time. — Here's a well, you see. Water? 

 Well, it is brackish; but here's the custodian of 

 the seminary, who'll do everything you want, and 

 fetch you drinking-water from another well quite 

 near. Or, if you like, you can camp in one of the 

 fields ; but here you can shut the gate whenever 



