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Two historical extracts on Napoleon's negligence of Dalmatia in the 'reading of his correspondence with Marmont on the subject of the Illyrian provinces.' It is said that he 'ignored Marmont's letters altogether, and his exchequer grudged every halfpenny sent to Dalmatia.' The other, of the decaying morality of the Uskoks, who were originally of 'blameless character' turned into lawless pirates of the Adriatic sea.

I'd make faster progress if I didn't keep rereading

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