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CLAUDE DELAVAL COBHAM
Exerpta Cypria
page 377

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OVPRIANO& 307 District of Larnaca. Sub-district of Larnaca Villages 47 Fnmilics 074 „ Lemessos and Episcopi „ 70 „ 915 ,, Koilanion „ 19 „ 348 130 2,237 District of Kyrenia. Sub-district of Kyrenia Villages 31 „ 391 „ Morphou and Pentaya „ 43 „ 807 „ Levka „ 39 „ 696 113 1,891 Snb-dietricts 17. Villages 564. Families 10,487 Number of living souls. Christian population, males, about 12,000 Females and children, at least 25,000 37,000 Turkish population, according to native accounts 15,000 Females and children, at least 32,000 47,000 84,000 There are grave doubts about the number of Moslem, who, according to many European traveller of authority, are more than the Christians. You will rind it so stated in the work of Mr John Hawkins, an Englishman and acquaintance of my own, a mineralogist, who went over the island two years ago, and noted all that was curious and interesting. His companion, also an Englishman, was a botanist, aud wrote a full account of the herbs of the island nsed in medicine.

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