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village.HOLY LAND, AND CYPRUS. 197It is a neat building, enclosed by walls; and, atthat time, inhabited by only ten or twelve monks.It is saidto be the place where the Virgin's house, now at Loretto,stood previous to its miraculous removal.On presenting myletters to the procurator, or treasurer, a room was appointedfor me; a tolerable dinner and good wine served up, withthe additional luxury of cleanliness.I was visited by two orthree Italians, who soon showed me there were commSrages inreligious as well as civil societies.Our conversation ran onthe old subject of the unfortunate separation of Englandfrom the church of Rome; and a new one added, that sincewe had done so much for the Pope, alluding to the offer ofmoney by Lord William Bentinck to that sovereign, in thename of the Prince Regent, we should complete our work ofgoodness, by reuniting under his paternal guidance.Theyprayed Heaven,, in addition to the miracles already perTformed, to work our conversion by miraculous means.The inhabitants of Nazareth are chiefly Christians of theGreek and Maronite persuasion, the latter acknowledging thePope,sheik.The Mahometans are least in number; each has aA detachment of cavalry insures the preponderanceof the Mahometans; which was evinced in a most cruelmanner a short time before my arrival, occasioned by a disputebetween a Greek and Mahometan woman, where thelatter having reviled the religion of the former, the retort wasΚΥΠΡΙΑΚΗ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ