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LÀGOSTA, MELEDA, CANNOSA
Làgosta (the Aâ(TTof3ov of Constantine) lies about eight miles due south of Curzola. It is not likely that the traveller will visit this “ remote Bermuda ” of the Dalmatian archipelago ; it offers no architectural attractions, its flora is much like that of its neighbours, Lésina, Lissa and Curzola. The island is rich in carobian beans, the Johannis-brotbaum of the Germans, because St. John’s food was “ locust and wild honey But how did it get the name “ locust ” ? Did the island give its name to the bean ? Does the English word “ locust = the carobian bean ” come from Làgosta ? However that may be, the Lago grande is full of fish and °f écrevisses, and the population of about 1200 inhabitants is almost entirely devoted to fishing. But they were not always thus peacefully employed. Làgosta swims into history as one of the
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