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SIR SAMUEL WHITE BAKER
CYPRUS AS I SAW IT IN 1879
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ment would persuade them to quit the comfortable
vehicle, which they supposed had been specially
cleared for their convenience ; the doors were accord
ingly shut, and they were locked up. W e now passed
ropes beneath the van, and secured the ends to the
bottom of the wheels, which rested upon the ground ;
the other ends were thrown over the cap-roof and
manned, while the rest of the party endeavoured to
raise the van bodily. All working together, we
righted it immediately, the astonished dogs were
liberated, and we soon replaced the contents. I sent
a messenger to Arshia to purchase if possible a piece
of wood sufficiently long to form a pole, and in the
meantime I employed my tools and myself in splicing
the broken pole sufficiently to enable us to creep a
little nearer to the village, as we were far from water.
It was nearly dark by the time I had completed my
work, and the bullocks were once more fastened to the van. In this way we approached within a quarter of , a mile of the village and halted for the night. I made a capital pole from the stem of a young fir-tree which I procured from the natives, and lashed it securely to
the rough but strong splinter-bar of dwarf-cypress.
On the following morning at daybreak I made a
few alterations in the work of the preceding night, and
having thoroughly secured the new pole, we started for
Kuklia, about thirteen miles distant. After passing a
few more watercourses, we arrived at the best ground '
we had seen in Cyprus, and the vans travelled with *
ease at upwards of three miles an hour. Through
out this march I observed that the water in the va
rious wells and open pits was hardly five feet from
the surface, although the country was suffering from
•an absence of rain. Notwithstanding this natural
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