Cyprus: Historical and Descriptive: From the Earliest Times to the Present DayR. Worthington, 1878 - 324 páginas |
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... nectar , and the food plain but good ; above all I know that my grave will be respected , and that kind hands will close my eyes . " London , 1878 . M. A. J. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. LARNAKA . First View of Larnaka INTRODUCTION . vii.
... nectar , and the food plain but good ; above all I know that my grave will be respected , and that kind hands will close my eyes . " London , 1878 . M. A. J. CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. LARNAKA . First View of Larnaka INTRODUCTION . vii.
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... PLAINS OF CYPRUS . Expedition to ascend Olympus - No Information to be obtained - Neglected Districts - Game - Prompt Action of my Zaptieh - Faithful obedience of Mussulman Servants - Akazi - Easter - Fasting extraordinary— Abstinence ...
... PLAINS OF CYPRUS . Expedition to ascend Olympus - No Information to be obtained - Neglected Districts - Game - Prompt Action of my Zaptieh - Faithful obedience of Mussulman Servants - Akazi - Easter - Fasting extraordinary— Abstinence ...
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... as we dropped anchor in the roads of Larnaka on April 21st , 1877. This entrance to the island displays an expansive bay , the yellow sands of which are bordered by an extensive plain , broken B by bare and rocky hills , and in the blue.
... as we dropped anchor in the roads of Larnaka on April 21st , 1877. This entrance to the island displays an expansive bay , the yellow sands of which are bordered by an extensive plain , broken B by bare and rocky hills , and in the blue.
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... plains . The swallows were skimming through the air , and countless larks were trilling their sweetest notes . Cyprus , I must here observe , is very bountifully supplied with birds . I was told that many thousand larks were offered in ...
... plains . The swallows were skimming through the air , and countless larks were trilling their sweetest notes . Cyprus , I must here observe , is very bountifully supplied with birds . I was told that many thousand larks were offered in ...
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... plains of Messaria , watered by mountain streamlets , and forming one huge corn- field . A group of thirteen camels , tended by two negroes , stood in a pasture ground beneath me , and imparted a still more Eastern character to the ...
... plains of Messaria , watered by mountain streamlets , and forming one huge corn- field . A group of thirteen camels , tended by two negroes , stood in a pasture ground beneath me , and imparted a still more Eastern character to the ...
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