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SIR SAMUEL WHITE BAKER
CYPRUS AS I SAW IT IN 1879
page 153 View PDF version of this page be sold by weight as fire-wood at their various portsi He had protested in vain, there were no police, nel any means of resistance at Cape St. Andrea, therefore* the numerous crews had defied him ; and small presents from the owners of the vessels to the Pacha at head-1 quarters were sufficient to ensure immunity. " I asked him " why they wasted so much excellent fire-wood, and left the boughs to hamper the surface ? " He replied, " that as the wood was sold by weight, the dealers preferred to cut the thick stems, as they packed closely on board the vessels, and, being green, they weighed heavy; therefore they rejected the smaller wood and left it to rot upon the ground. " He declared " that on several occasions the crews had quarrelled, and tha from pure spite they had set fire to the thick mass
dried boughs and lighter wood which had spread ovei
the surface, and destroyed immense numbers of youn
trees. " I had observed that large tracts had bee
burnt during the preceding year. He was delighte
at the English occupation, as his property would no
be protected, and in a few years the trees would attain
a considerable size.
Having passed an interesting afternoon with the
new ecclesiastical acquaintance, and tasted, immediately
after his departure, the contents of his enormous bottle
(which was as instantly presented, as a " great treat, "
to ^ the servants), we lighted our big ' bonfires, and
enjoyed the blaze like children, although the showers
of red sparks threatened the destruction of the tent in
the absence of Captain Shaw and the London Fire
Brigade. After this temporary excitement in this
utter-lack-of-incident-and-everyday-monotonous-island,
the fires gradually subsided, and we all went to sleep.
There is no necessity in Cyprus for sentries or night
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