Cyprus as I Saw it in 1879Macmillan and Company, 1879 - 501 psl. Cyprus as I Saw It in 1879 by SirSamuel White Baker, first published in 1879, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it. |
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afforded ancient animals appeared aqueduct arranged arrived Asia Minor Baffo beneath British Buffavento camels camp caroub caroub-trees Carpas cliffs Commissioner considerable crops Crown 8vo cultivation Cyprian Cypriote Cyprus deep district dogs Edition England English exceedingly exhibited existed export extensive extreme Famagousta favourable fcap feet forests formed francolins gardens Georgi gipsy-van Greek green ground halted harbour heights hills HISTORY houses important inches irrigation Isaac Comnenus island Kyrenia Kythrea labour land Lapithus Larnaca Lefkosia length Limasol limestone masonry Messaria miles distant monastery monks Morphu moufflon mountains mules narrow native natural neighbourhood Nicosia numerous occupation official oxen Paphos passed peculiar piastres port portion position present produce rain ravine red-legged partridges revenue road rocks season side soil steep stone stream supply surface throughout town travelling trees Trooditissa Trooditissa monastery Troodos Turkey Turkish Turks usual valley village vineyards walls wild wine wood yards
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