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SIR SAMUEL WHITE BAKER
CYPRUS AS I SAW IT IN 1879
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iplomacy, English, 443 ogs, "Merry/' " Wise, " and "Shot, " 20 onkeys, 10 uves, 485 rainage of Lefkosia, 62 rainage of the delta of Famagousta, 162 ess (see Costume) [Dwellings of the Cypriotes, 43 E EDUCATION, 423 ; establishments, cost of, 478 Egyptian cotton, 396 Egyptian water-wheel, 352, 353 Embroidery, 430 English diplomacy, 443 lEpiskopi, 252 Estimates of revenue and expenditure for 1878-79, 466; for 187980, 480 Eucalyptus globulus planted by Sir I Garnet Wolseley at Larnaca, 59 Eucalyptus-tree, 337, 345 European traders at Larnaca, their I occupation gone, 14 Evdimu, 251 ; salt lake at, 252 "Evil-eye, " custom of the Dali priests to avert the, 40, 138 [Excise on tobacco and spirits, 474 Expenditure, estimates "of, for 1878-79, \ 476, 479 'Expenditure of Limasol, 401 CExports, 437, 464 (Exports of Limasol, 401 F FAMAGOUSTA gate, Lefkosia, 61 ; siege ι of, 62 ; fortress and city, 97 ; effect I of Pedias river on sanitary arrange! ments of, 100 ; its fortifications, 148, I 150; the town, 149, 151 ; churches I in, 152 ; ancient Venetian palace, [ 153 ; siege of, 1571, 153 ; harbour, 154 ; ancient jetty at, 155 ; mode of improving harbour, 156; as a coaling depot and arsenal, 157 ; its unhealthiness, 160 ; suggestions for imt proving, 160; origin of fever at, 161 ; madder-root land at, 162 ; drainage ι of delta, 162 ; orchards and trees of, 163 ; fortress of, 185 ; invaded by the I Turks, 263 ; its capitulation, 264 ; [ return of population, &c, 486 ; exports, 486 Ferns at Kythrea, 72 Fever, 178, 428 Fever at Famagouita, origin of, 161 Fever, complaints of the native» concerning the effects of, 52 Finance (see Political Reflection* and Revenue and Expenditure) Financial position of Larnaca, 11 Finch, 488 Fire, trees destroyed by, 336 Fish, 228, 299, 374 ; price of, 423, 426 Fleas, 83 ; at Trichomo, 102 Flora of Cyprus, 70, 72, 78, 80, 90, 91, 94. 95. I04. OS, 126, 132, 222-301, 302, 307, 431 Flour-mills, 204 Flour-mills of Kythrea, 74 Fly-catchers, 485 Food, 420-435 ; price of, 423 Food of the Cypriotes, 46 ; " cooked, " not eaten, 46, 107 Foreign influence required to execute a Tur k for murder of a Greek, 48 Forests, 327 Forests, destruction of, 131, 135, 20S, 225, 374 Forests, former existence of, not possible, 32 Forts, fortresses, and fortifications, 60, 70. 97, J79, 185, 196 Fossil shells, 122 Francolins, 104, 127, 222, 251 (see also Birds and Game) Fruit, 163, 178, 188, 223, 234, 304, 346, 380, 428 (see also Grapes) Furniture of the gipsy-van, 84 G GALLIBORNÛ, 114, 166, 172 ; natural and artificial caves at, 120 Game, 31, 82, 91, 104, 113, 117, 121, 127, 227, 249, 367 (see also Birds) Game, scarcity of, 21 ; exaggerated reports concerning, 21 ; as food for the birds of prey, 32 ; laws, 32 Gaudry, M., theory as to formation of salt in lakes at Larnaca, 22 ; observations on the existence of salts on plain near Trichomo, 23 ; his report on the resources of Cyprus, 230 Geology, 51, 76, 79, 90, 109,113, 117, 125, 172, 173, 184, 205, 206, 219, 221, 224, 230, 304, 371 Georgi, 18, 30, 34, 39, 41, 9S, ill , 124, 141, 166, 172, 456 Gipsies, 294 Gipsy travelling-van, 4, 15, 17, 30, S4, 140, 167, 16S, 169, 294 Glover Brothers, of Soho, makers of the gipsy-van, 5, 15

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