Marvels of the Valle d’Ombla—Port of Gravosa—Rocky Coves and Gardens of Ragusa—Ragusa Vecchia; Remains of Epidaurus—Monument of a Roman Ensign—Mithraic Rock-sculpture—Plan of Canale and the Roman Aqueduct—Antique Gems: the Lapidary Art in Ancient Illyria—Epidauritan Cult of Cadmus and Æsculapius—Phœnician Traces on this Coast—Syrian Types among modern Peasants—_Grotta d’Escolapio_ and _Vasca della Ninfa_—Cavern, and Legend of St. Hilarion and the Dragon—Mediæval Sculpture in Ragusa Vecchia—The Founding of Ragusa—The Roman City on the Rock, and the Sclavonic Colony in the Wood—Orlando saves the City from the Saracens, and St. Blasius from the Venetians—Ragusa as a City of Refuge—Visit of Cœur-de-Lion—Government of the Republic—Sober Genius of Ragusans—Early Laws against Slavery—Hereditary Diplomatists—Extraordinary Bloom of Ragusan Commerce—The ‘Argosies’—Commercial and other relations with England—Literature of Ragusa; she creates a Sclavonic Drama—Poets and Mathematicians: Gondola and Ghetaldi—The great Earthquake—End of the Republic—A Walk in Ragusa—Porta Pille—Stradone—Torre del Orologio—Zecca and Dogana—Ancient Coinage of Ragusa—Palazzo Rettorale—A Mediæval Æsculapius—Monuments to Ragusan Peabody and Regulus—_Cappella delle Reliquie_—Silver Palissy-ware by a Ragusan Master—Cross of Stephen Uroš—Discovery of St. Luke’s Arm!—The Narrow Streets of Ragusa: _Case Signorili_, and Hanging Gardens—A Bird’s-eye View of the City—The Herzegovinian Refugees—A jewelled _Ceinture_ from Nevešinje—The Fugitives taken!—Turkish Influence on Ragusan Costume—Contrast between Ragusan Peasants and ‘_Morlacchi_’—Refinement of the Citizens—Blending of Italian and Sclave—The Natural Seaport of Bosnia—A Vision of Gold and Sapphire—On the Margin of the Hellenic World—Shadow and Night 379 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. FULL-PAGE ENGRAVINGS. HERZEGOVINIAN REFUGEES AT RAGUSA _Frontispiece_ GREAT SEAL OF TVARTKO, KING OF BOSNIA (see p. lxxi, note) _on title-page_ TOMB OF CATHARINE, last lawful Queen of Bosnia _To face page_ xxiii CROATIAN TYPES ” ” 11 BOSNIAN TYPES AT SARAJEVO ” ” 277 WOODCUTS IN TEXT. PAGE Croatian Clothes-shop, Agram 4 Croat Woman in the Agram Market 9 Roman and Croatian Pottery 18 Croatian Pottery 19 Outlines of Croatian Musical Instruments 22 Outline of Tracery 23