travels

HOLY LAND, AND CYPRUS. 249in a map; broken on all sides into gentle undulations ofground, highly appropriate to the growth of vines.The capability of cultivation is easily observed; but largetracts remain neglected. My attention was directed towardsLimason, where the richest wines are made; and I was ledto understand, that the thinking part of-the r populationlooked forwards to the remainder of the island becomingequally fertile, by the presence of some European government,who would at least abstain from -oppression, if it didnot encourage industry.Having showed my respects for the relic, which was uncoveredin honour of my arrival, by a small, present to oneof the monks, I returned to the bishop's house, where I sleptmore luxuriously than on the preceding night; and havinggiven a suitable remuneration in money, returned home-Wards ; where, to ray great delight, I found a small schoonerbound to Malta, freighted by some Moorish merchants; onboard which, as the stormy season of the year was approaching,I took my passage, being without chance of proceedingto Constantinople, except by land; first to the coast of Cyprusopposite Asia Minor, and thence again proceeding byland.With regard to the mode of going to Constantinople orSmyrna in the way above alluded to, the traveller must understand,that thou^ in Cyprus he is tolerably secure fromΚΥΠΡΙΑΚΗ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΘΗΚΗ2 K