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SIR SAMUEL WHITE BAKER
CYPRUS AS I SAW IT IN 1879
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Camping-ground, remarks on the selection of, 25, 38 ; neighbourhood of water to be avoided, 25 ; should be on a height, 25 Cannon, Venetian, 64 ; collection of old at Kyrenia, 181 Cape St. Andrea, 128, 131 ; monastery of, 134 Cape wines, 268 Caramania, mountains of, 82, 174 Caravastasi, 216 Caroub-trees, 72, 81 , 174, 175, 177, 189, 198, 200, 294, 331, 406, 483 Carpas district ; wild olive-trees plentiful in, 46, 98-130 Carpas range of mountains, 73, 81 , 90, 91, ΙΟΙ Carriages, difficulties of locomotion, 83, 86 Carts, tax on, 387 * Cathedral of St. Sophia, 63 ; a mosque, Cattle, their neglected condition, 94 Cattle-wheels of Cyprus, 56 Caverns, subterranean, 76, 180 Caves, artificial, 114 Caves at Gallibornu, 120 Caves, natural, 185, 318 Cedar, 489 Census of Lefkosia, January, 1879, 65 Census of population, July, 1879, 464 Cereals, salt destructive to, 24 Cesnola, General di, on the tombs of Cyprus, 54 ; ruins of ancient Kythrea, 74 ; ruins of Cyprus, 145 ; antiquities, 233, 239, 264 Ceylon, salt lakes of, 23 Cheflik Pacha, his aqueduct from Arpera to Larnaca, 36 Chestnut, Spanish, its proposed introduction into Cyprus, 340 Children of the Linobambaki, 323 " Chittim wood, " 489 ~ Christo, author's servant, 18, 96, 97, 143. 168, 377 Church discipline in Cyprus, 417 Church of St . Nicolas, Lefkosia, converted into a granary, 63 Churches in Famagousta, 152 Churches, taxes of the, 416 Circassians wrecked at Volokalida, 108 Cittium, the old harbour of, 8 Clergy, marriage of, 414 . Climate, 213, 420, 435 Clothing (see Costume) Coal-boxes, cast-iron, 260 Coaling-station, Cyprus as a, 442 Cobham, Mr. C. £>., 456 Coffee, acorn, 489 Commanderia, wine of Cyprus, 268, 269, 276, 284, 402 Commissioners of districts, 440 Comnenus, Isaac, 262, 263 Comnenus, Isaac, victory of Richard I . over, 62 Constantine the Great fortifies Lefkosia, 60 Convent near Larnaca, 9 " Cooked food " not eaten by the Cypriotes, 46 · Copper mines near Khrysokhus, 465 Coral, 437 Corfu compared with Cyprus, 231, 344, 405 Cork-tree, its suggested introduction into Cyprus, 340 Cormorants, 228 Corn, 75, 203, 207, 213, 293 Cornaro, Catherine, Queen of Cyprus, 193, Corvée, forced labour, 387 Costume, 42, 107, 201, 255, 430, 438 Cotton, 392, 394 Cotton cultivation, 395 ; Mr. Hamilton Lang on, 396 Cotton-fields at Kuklia, 91, 92 Cotton-gins, 100 Cow's milk refused by Cypriotes, 46 Craddock's Hotel, Larnaca, 4 Crane, 485 Crete, compared with Cyprus, 159 Crops, 110, m " Custom House, " the Cypriotes' red rag, 12 Custom House duties, 387 Custom receipts, 465 Customs, 474; cost of establishments, 478 Customs duty on wines and spirits, 270 Cyclamen, 105 Cypress-trees, 79, 103, 132, 197, 329 D DALI, plain of, entered, 38 ; cultivation of, 38 ; the town, 39 ; kindness of the population, 39 ; priests and old women, and their incense of burning olive-leaves at, 40 ; as an agricultural district, 44 ; soil of, 44 ; olive-trees of, 45 Dead, despoiling of the, by the Cypriotes, 7 Decay of former works in Cyprus, 31 Defter Hakkani, memorandum of, about the transfer in succession of property, 389 Destruction of forests (see Forests) "Dewdrop Inn, " 37 Dimes, 282 ; or tithes on produce of the land, 466, 478

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