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Croatia, only for an addition to our knowledge, but to him for an 



*""Y^'' addition to our nature. 



In general criticism, the evil to be chiefly avoided is 

 excessive refinement, and fastidious delicacy. The mind 

 may become so captivated with an ideal model of excel- 

 lence, as to forget that perfection is unattainable in prac- 

 tice, and to be less delighted with a multitude of beau- 

 ties, than disgusted by a few defects in a production of 

 genius. Thus the student, as he advances in his pur- 

 suit, recedes from its object, and instead of providing for 

 himself a store of pleasures unknown to coarser minds, he 

 will only sharpen his sensibility to petty vexations, in- 

 crease the number of his disappointments, and improve 

 himself in that sinister ingenuity, which extracts from 

 every object all the pain which it is capable to produce. 

 When the whole force of the mind is expended on the 

 cultivation of taste, to the neglect of its other faculties, 

 this wayward squeamishness may be innocently, though 

 injudiciously, created ; but it is far oftener the effect of 

 finical affectation, and fantastic horror at the vulgarity of 

 being too easily pleased. In the last case, it is deserving 

 only of contempt; in the former, it should be counteract- 

 ed, by habitually conforming our expectations to the scene 

 in which we have been destined to act, and by cultivating 

 that benevolent temper, which is prone to encourage eve- 

 ry attempt to please, especially by exertions of the mind, 

 and which, with a liberal allowance for human imperfec- 

 tion, is more apt to be surprised that an artist has done 

 so much, than offended that he has not done more. 

 When from pride of understanding, we suffer our disco- 

 very of faults, either in moral or intellectual action, to 

 beget an indiscriminate disgust with the agent, and to 

 prohibit our enjoyment and encouragement of his more 

 successful attempts, the acumen by which the detection 

 is made, will be more prejudicial than advantageous to the 

 interests of literature, and the comforts of society, (w) 

 CROATIA, a country of Europe, constituting former- 

 ly a part of the ancient Illyricum, but now dependent on 

 the crown of Hungary, is bounded on the east by Scla- 

 vonia and Bosnia ; on the south by Dalmatia, Morlachia, 

 and the Adriatic ; by Carniola and Stiria on the west ; 

 and is separated from Hungary on the north by the 



Extent. river Drave, which is very rapid and often impassable. 

 It lies between 44° 5' 48". and 46° 25' 50" North Lat. 

 and 32' 0' 12", and 35° 5' SO" East Long, of Ferro ; 

 and its greatest length from north to south is about 1 80 

 miles, and from east to west its greatest breadth 1 1 0, pre- 

 senting a surface of above 10,700 square miles. Formerly, 

 however, the boundaries of Croatia were more contract- 

 ed. The counties of Warasdin, Kreutz, part of Agram; 

 the military district of Warasdin, and the frontiers called 

 ]3ar?a/granze, were only incorporated with it in the reigns 

 ©f Ferdinand, and Leopold I. ; and the maritime districts 

 constituted, formerly, a part of Dalmatia. 



Poliiiral ^" ne P resent political division of Croatia consists in the 



fa'uioa. B»3 or provincial department; and the military depart- 

 ment. In the former are comprehended the maritime 

 ■districts, known under the name of Littoral; and the 

 three counties of Agram, Warasdin, and Kreutz. The 

 military department comprehends, 



1. The military district of Carlstadt, which has four 

 regiments, viz. 



The district of the regiment of Licca, 



of Ottochacz, 



of Ogulin, 



of-S?tuin, 



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Croatia. 



2. The military boundary of the frontiers called Ba- 

 nalgranze, divided into two regiments, viz. ""Y"" 1 



The district of the first regiment of the frontiers, 

 second do. ..... do. 



3. The military division of Warasdin, composed also 

 of two regiments, viz. 



The district of the regiment of Kreutz, 

 of St George. 



Croatia is throughout extremely mountainous, but di- Mountain*, 

 versified by several beautiful and fertile vallies, and some 

 plains of considerable extent. The highest land is on the 

 south-east; and the principal mountains extending be- 

 tween Carlstadt and Dalmatia, stretch towards Istria and 

 the Adriatic. The Wellebit range is very steep, and 

 full of frightful precipices ; and equals in elevation tire 

 highest Alps, being 900 toises above the level of the sea. 

 Its direction is chiefly along the coast of the Adriatic, 

 and its whole extent is 80 miles. The Kapella moun- 

 tains take their rise near the lake of Plitvicza, and run- 

 ning towards the south, almost parallel with those of 

 Wellebet, extend nearly 90 miles. They are divided in- 

 to the little and the great Kapella, the highest of which 

 is not above 500 toises. The mountains of Plissivicza 

 are the loftiest in Croatia. Their rugged summits are 

 formed of perpendicular rocks, and are 925 toises above 

 the level of the Adriatic. These mountainous ridges, 

 which occupy almost the whole military district of Carl- 

 stadt, present on all sides a singularly rugged and fright- 

 ful appearance, and form a part of the Mons Ardms of 

 Strabo, to which some German authors have improperly 

 given the name of the Dinovian Alps. Besides these, 

 are several smaller chains; as the mountains of Merzla- 

 vodicz, which extend from 60 to 70 miles between the 

 sea and the rivers Kulpa and Korana ; the mountains of 

 Sichelbourg, which reach from the Kulpa along the con- 

 fines of Carniola as far as the Save; the mountains of 

 Verbacs Ka-Staza ; and the Kamenita Goricza. There 

 are also several detached mountains, the most consider- 

 able of which are, the Zyr, the Bilay, the Osstra, the 

 Debelo-Berdo, and the Bogdanich. 



On the summits of the Croatian mountains are several 

 remarkable valleys, which are so completely shut in by 

 lofty ridges, that the rivers find no outlet but by pene- 

 trating the soil, or by forming a subterraneous passage; 

 and when these rivers are swollen by the rains, and find- 

 ing no sufficient means of escape, they inundate the 

 whole valley, and form a temporary lake. Of these val- 

 lies the most extensive is that of Licca, which is con- 

 tained by the Wellebit mountains and those of Verbacs 

 Ka-Staza. It is sandy and barren, and a great part of 

 it is rendered uninhabitable by the impetuosity of the 

 winds, which rush through the passage between the moun- 

 tains. The other most considerable vallies of this de- 

 scription are those of Korbavia, Korenicze, and Szenski- 

 Put. Among the mountains in the northern parts are 

 several beautiful spots, which, by their exuberant ferti- 

 lity, form a striking crontrast with the bleak and barren 

 regions which surround them. Of these the principal 

 are, the valley of Draga, between Piket and Buccuri ; 

 that of Scarigna not far from Fiume; and that of Vinodol 

 near Ezirquenicza, so called from the number of vine- 

 yards, with which it is covered. A considerable extent 

 of level country reaches along the shores of the Drave 

 to the borders of Sclavonia; and between Agram and 

 Petrinia is a large plain above fifteen mile? in length, of 



