Cattaro

"Cattaro (Stadt Graz, Stadt Triest, Zum Jager, all plain; Dreher's Bierhalle, beyond the drill-ground; Cafè Doimi, on the Marina; photographs at Fr. Laforest's), Slav. Kotor, the Roman Ascrivium, a strong frontier-fortress with 5700 inhab. and a considerable garrison, the residence of the district governor, a Roman Catholic and a Servian bishop, is grandly situated at the E. angle of the bay, at the foot of the lofty mountains of Montenegro, on alluvial soil deposited by the Scurda, a torrent which falls into the bay to the N. of the town-walls. Above the town rises the fortified hill of San Giovanni (919 ft.; accessible by permission of the commandant only); from the chapel of Madonna della Salute good survey of the town. The town is entered from the harbour by the Porta della Marina (closed for carriages at 11 p.m.), from the N. by the Porta Fiumera (closed at 9 p.m.), and from the S. by the Porta Gordicchio (closed at 10 p.m.), the two last gates being named after two springs issuing from the rocks. From the Porta della Marina we proceed to the market-place, with the Guard House and Cosum House to the left; straight on is a Clock Tower, in front of which stands a Roman altar. From the E. side of the square we may ascend to San Giovanni; to the S. a narrow street, passing the Post and Telegraph Office, leads to the Cathedral, containing a chapel of the patron-saint Triphonius (whose festival is on 3rd Feb.). Ouside the Porta Fiumera the Montenegrins hold market on Mon., Thurs., and Sat. [...] Notices and sign-boards in the Cyrillian (ussian) chatacter also indicate the proximity of the frontier. - Beautiful walks along the shore, N.E. to (3/4 hr.) Dobrota, N.W. to (1/2 hr.) Mula".