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GENERAL TABLE

OF

CONTENTS TO VOLUME I.

CASSAS'S TRAVELS.

PART I.

ISTRIA and Dalmatia, remarks on the interesting nature of those countries,

their geographical situation, &c. pages, 2.-Difference amongst ancient

geographers respecting their names, ib.--Conjectures as to their aboriginal

inhabitants, 3.-State of those countries in the sixth century after the foun-

dation of Rome, ib.-When obtained by the Croatians, 4.-Origin of the

Bans, ib.-Of the Servians, or Sclavoniaus, ib.-First conquests of the Vene.

tians in those regions, ib.-Of the banditti called Uscoques, of Sclavonian

origin, ib.-Tyranny of the different rulers, 5.-Implacable enmity of the

Uscoques, ib.-Their character, weapons, manner of fighting, &c. &c, ib.-

Account of the Morlachians, 6.-Their origin, 7.-Opinions of the aboriginal

inhabitants, ib.—Their character and manners, ib.-Their proneness to rob..

bery, 8.-Account of the Haiducks, ib.-Derivation of their name, ib.-Life,

manners, and customs, 9.-Instances of their hospitality, fidelity to their

promises, and in friendship, 10, 11.-Violence of their enmity, and resentment

of injuries, ib.-Their manner of effecting a reconciliation, ib.—Of their re-

ligion, partly Greek, partly Roman, 12.-Of the ignorance and fraudulent

practices of their priests, ib.-Prevalence of superstition, and influence of sor-

cerers, 13.-Ceremonies attending the burial of the dead, ib.-Of their ma-

trimonial alliances, ib.-With a description of the marriage ceremonies, 14.-

Office of the Stari Svat, or president, at this fete, and of the Stachez, his

lieutenant, ib. Of the procession to and from church, ib.--Singular custom

on their return, 15.-Of their mode of dining on the wedding-day, ib.-Man-

ner of conducting the bride to the nuptial chamber, (which is either the cellar

or the stable) and strange custom attending it, ib.—Of the dowry of the bride,

16.-Specious mode of obtaining presents from the guests, ib.-The miscon-

duct of the women after their marriage, ib.-Of the unfeelingness of their

husbands, ib. Of the hardships the females undergo during their pregnancy,

ib.-Their total neglect and abandonment of their infants, ib.-Coquetry of

the Morlachian females, 17.-Their ornaments, ib.-Distinction in the dress

between girls and married women, ib.-Of the punishment inflicted by priests

on girls for misconduct, ib.-Description of the dress of the men, with that of

their arms, ib.-Account of their habitations and furniture, 17.-Construction

of their cabins, 18.-Of their food, &c. ib.-On the longevity attributed to

them, ib. Their health and vigour to be ascribed to the copious consumption

of milk and vegetables, and abstinence from strong drinks, ib,-Diversions of