the collective name of some islands situated on the coast of Austrian Dalmatia, in a gulf near to Istria, which is secure as a harbour. The whole of these islands are fertile and well cultivated. The largest of them, Arbe, contains 3000 inhabitants; the next in size, Pago, has 4000. One important product, salt, is made in many lagoons by the power of the sun. The inhabitants of these islands are a mixed race, consisting of Italians and Slavonians, and not too much civilized.