Sebenico

"We left the cascade at three o'clock, and arrived at Sebenico at seven. […]. We met with our old difficulty in procuring rooms, but we had now learned to be less particular in our choice.
Sebenico, situated in a soil which it is impossible for art or industry to convert to any coltivation, and obligated to depend for its provisions on extraneous supplies, cannot boast of having been a favourite residence of man. […]. The origin of Sebenico is connected with that extraordinary race of people of whom the Venetian annals still tell many a tale, - the fierce invincible Uscoques (pp. 39-40).

The town of Sebenico consists of narrow streets like Zara; but its cathedral is the handsomest religious edifice we had seen since we had left Venice. […] The traffic appeared to us to be particulary lively; but this might be owing to there being a fair during the time we were there. To this circumstance we were greatly indebted for seeing one of the customs of the Morlaques, the name of the natives of Dalmatia. On the festival of St. Anne they assembled in their great square and danced their national dance, which they term in Sclavonic "kolo", or circle. They hold each other's hands across, that is, the right of one person holds the right of the other, and, ranged in a circle, they proceed slowly round and round in a kind of step, and to the sound of a song or shout which they utter. After a certain time this changes to a quick dance, called "skorigori", or high leaps, which is merely performing the same round quicker, and setting to one another with the most extravagant leaps. The women as well as the men are very much addicted to this amusement, and are equally riotous in the exercise (pp. 42-43)".