A Large Town Discovered Beneath The Adriatic Sea

Both Pliny and Declmus Secundiniw incidentally mention the Istrian L Uwwl and the city of Cissa, and the ecclesiastlcal records oí the Province of Aquiicia for the years C97 to GÜU A. D. memtiioii two "Bishope of Cissa." Wnce t'hat tinne we have no. record oí the pUice or what becaine of it. Fishermem have lomg contended that they taiow of a place on ie Igtrian coast of the Adriatic sea, south of the ■uo iigwt house, where thelr nets get taragled ooi the apires of sunken oh-urches and other public buildings tang simce submerged. In Januaryj 1890, the Austriian Imperial Acad& my of Sciences oent a oonvoy of boats amd shiips under Rear Admiral Hinke, wiftli instructionfl to make a thorougb. examitoation of the spot designated by the fiehermetn. The dtrer who made the descent says: "On reachiing tbe bottom I was astoniehed to fiind myeelf upan the walls of an oven turtned building. Proceeding furthei I observed contimuous rows of buiidi ings and st reets, the doors and win, oows beimg blocked withi masses ói Beaweeds and gravel. From my observattoOB I should say that I hudhad the uinique experlence or ex, aminiiig what had once been a large and flouriehimg city. wii„ I left the place I brought wirth me tö the surface a cut corner stone with mortar on one side, the mortar betoji still perfectly firm." Dr. Hilber wants the Austriian kot- emment to make appropriations foi: explormg the site, which he firmlv títf&l Ctesa! th'at Öf the l06t Roma - ... - a -JU