340 Brs Hoppe and Hornschueh’s Tour to the Coast of the 
and only works for as much as shall maintain him for that day ; 
and the want is, consequently, as great in years of plenty, as it 
is in those of scarcity ; for, if he has something, he idles away 
his time till it is all expended, and then endeavours to live at 
the expence of others. If he was more industrious, it would be 
easy for an inhabitant of this cou ntry to obtain some independent 
property, for the soil would richly reward his labours, and navi- 
gation presents him with a most favourable opportunity of sel- 
ling his productions at the neighbouring ports of Trieste or Ve- 
nice. But his disinclination for labour, rather leads him to 
beggary and thieving, which is the reason why the government 
should compel him to labour, and severely punish every act of 
robbery. This, alas ! is not the case ; and, therefore, the more 
industrious individual is prevented from improving the cultiva- 
tion of his land ; for another will steal from him his wood, and 
suffer the sheep to devour his crops, which is frequently done 
without being followed by any punishment. The beneficial ef- 
fect of a rigorous government was plainly seen here, when the 
French declared I stria outlawed, and severely and instantly vi- 
sited every delinquency with chastisement. At that period, 
a person might travel through the country with money in his 
, open hand, without running any risk of having it taken from 
him by robbers, whilst under the present inefficient laws, there 
is not an hour’s security. 
ci The country about Pirano is beautiful ; the hills are clothed 
with bushes of evergreens, among which grow liuscus acu- 
leatus and Asparagus acutifolius. I was much mortified at be- 
ing prevented by the heavy showers from botanizing in this 
neighbourhood, as I had promised myself a rich harvest; and 
even yesterday, when in our way from the ship to Parenzo, I 
had noticed a whole wood, consisting of a Carpinus , which was 
unknown to me, whose rose-coloured catkins delighted us ex- 
ceedingly. This we intended to gather on our return, but un- 
fortunately we did not go back that way, and therefore are de- 
prived of it. 
“ When we quitted Parenzo, the Island Sancto Nicolo, which 
is planted with olive trees, lay off to our right hand ; here the 
vessels which arrive from suspected places must perform qua- 
rantine ; and here, it is said, grows a shrub which the master 
