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CROATIA—COAST OF ALBANIA.
[Chap. ii.
peculiar ; the whole population is military,, and divided
into regiments; they have no civil governor or judges, but
are entirely under the command of their officers ; they pay
no taxes, and their only duty is to defend the frontiers
against marauding Turks. They enter the regiments as
soon as they are able to bear arms, and never leave them
during their lives. The emperor can demand their services
out of their own country only in the case of a war, and then
only for the term of one }Tear.
Towards evening we came in sight of Lissa, the principal
rendezvous of the Austrian fleet; during the war it was for
some time in the possession of the English. The Austrian
marine consists of five or six frigates, eight or ten corvettes
or sloops of war, and about twelve brigs and schooners.
The seamen are all formed into corps or regiments, and
when not employed on board live in barracks and receive
regular pay and rations. They are recruited, like the land
forces ; each province, except Dalinatia, being obliged to
send a certain number of men, who serve for eight years,
after which they are exempt.
Thursday, Sept. 3. — A fresh breeze from the north
drove us rapidly past the Bocche di Kattaro, and under the
heights of Montenegro, Avhile the distant coast of Manfre-
donia Avas just visible to the westward. The Montenegrini
are a bold, savage, and independent people, on the frontiers
of Dalmatia and Turkey; they profess the Greek faith, and
are governed by their bishop and a Russian prince. They
live in a state of perpetual warfare with the Turks, and
like their neighbours thc/Etolians of old,* always go armed:
and this too even when they descend from their rocky fast-
nesses.
Friday, Sept. 4.—Early in the morning wc passed the
Turkish squadron cruising off Scutari, in consequence of
the insurrection in Albania, which was not yet put down.
The wild and rugged coast was visible over the larboard
bow, showing but little signs of cultivation, and scarcely a
* Thucyd. I. 5.
CROATIA—COAST OF ALBANIA.
[Chap. ii.
peculiar ; the whole population is military,, and divided
into regiments; they have no civil governor or judges, but
are entirely under the command of their officers ; they pay
no taxes, and their only duty is to defend the frontiers
against marauding Turks. They enter the regiments as
soon as they are able to bear arms, and never leave them
during their lives. The emperor can demand their services
out of their own country only in the case of a war, and then
only for the term of one }Tear.
Towards evening we came in sight of Lissa, the principal
rendezvous of the Austrian fleet; during the war it was for
some time in the possession of the English. The Austrian
marine consists of five or six frigates, eight or ten corvettes
or sloops of war, and about twelve brigs and schooners.
The seamen are all formed into corps or regiments, and
when not employed on board live in barracks and receive
regular pay and rations. They are recruited, like the land
forces ; each province, except Dalinatia, being obliged to
send a certain number of men, who serve for eight years,
after which they are exempt.
Thursday, Sept. 3. — A fresh breeze from the north
drove us rapidly past the Bocche di Kattaro, and under the
heights of Montenegro, Avhile the distant coast of Manfre-
donia Avas just visible to the westward. The Montenegrini
are a bold, savage, and independent people, on the frontiers
of Dalmatia and Turkey; they profess the Greek faith, and
are governed by their bishop and a Russian prince. They
live in a state of perpetual warfare with the Turks, and
like their neighbours thc/Etolians of old,* always go armed:
and this too even when they descend from their rocky fast-
nesses.
Friday, Sept. 4.—Early in the morning wc passed the
Turkish squadron cruising off Scutari, in consequence of
the insurrection in Albania, which was not yet put down.
The wild and rugged coast was visible over the larboard
bow, showing but little signs of cultivation, and scarcely a
* Thucyd. I. 5.