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SIR SAMUEL WHITE BAKER
CYPRUS AS I SAW IT IN 1879
page 509 View PDF version of this page Goats, 339, 367, 368, 374, 386, 406, 415, 420, 429 Goat-skins to contain wine, 2S5, 286 Goats' milk, 374 Goats, tax on, 386 Government House at Lefkosia, 58; strategical position of, 59 Government lands, 123 Grain, tax on, 387 Granaries, subterranean, 129 Grape, cultivation of, at Phyni, 487 Grapes, prices of, 427 ; destraction of, through lack of valuers, 488 [see also Vineyards) Grass, its absence in Cyprus, 249 Greek Church, the, in Cyprus, 412, 418 Greek holidays, 287 Greeks and Turks in Cyprus, 399 Greenstone, 51 Grouse, 485 Gunpowder, monopoly of, 387 Guns of heavy calibre possessed by Turks and Venetians in early days, 61 Gun tax, 32 Guy de Lusignan takes possession of island of Cyprus, 193 ; his reign, 193 Gypsum, 32, 109 Gypsum paving at Lefkosia, 64
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HARBOUR of Famagousta, 153 ; mode of improving, 156 Harbours, 6, 8, 154, 182, 183, 217, 218, 239, 259, 411 Hares of Cyprus, 121 Head-dress of Cypriote women, 42 Heath and heather, absence of, 21 Henna used for dyeing, 186 Herbs, 95 Herb upon which sheep feed, 7 High Commissioner, duties of, 484 Highways of Cyprus, 17 Hippersly, Mr., 09 Holbeach, Dr., his house and work at Kyrenia; 176, 183 Honey, 431 Horses, 71, 73, 78, 113, 169, 195, 406 Horses, tax on, 387 Houses, tax on, 387 ; rental of, 403 Hu t at Trichomo, 101 Hydrophobia, 429
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IDALIUM, tombs of, 53 ; excavation and pillage of, stopped by English government, 53 ; discovery of statue
of Sargon, king of Assyria, 54 {see also Dali) Iiani, Katarjii, the author's muleteer, 200, 205, 211, 215, 226, 236, 239 Imports, 437, 464 Imports of Limasol, 401 Improvements in Cyprus, absence of, 44 Incense of the priests and old women at Dali supposed to avert the "evileye, " 40 Income, tax on, derived from rents, 385 Inglis, Captain, 97, 456 Inn, the " Dewdrop, " 37 Insect destruction, 393 Ironclads, 442 Irrigation, 55, 56, 205, 216, 223, 238,
297. 347, 360, 395. 469 Irrigation, necessity of, 167 ; its history in Cyprus, 347
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JUDICIAL administration, 483 Juniper, 368
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KANDRO, a species of pine, supposed to be the wood used by Solomon for the Temple, 489 Karava, 203 Kellner, G. W. , Financial Commissioner of Cyprus, his estimate of revenue and expenditure for 1878-79, 466-477 ΐ Kitchener, Mr., accompanies author to springs near Kythrea, 69 Kolossi, 253, 262 Kotschy, M., his report on the resources of Cyprus, 230 Ktima, the town and bazaar, 236, 239 Kuklia, 89, 90, 92 ; aqueduct at, 90 ; water-mills at, 90 Kuklia, farm of M. Mattel at, 92 Kykou, monastery at, 415 Kyrenia, 82, 174, 178; the fort, 179, "185 ; the harbour, 182, 183 Kyrenia gate, Lefkosi, 61 Kythrea, 60, 70 ; mountains above, 70, 72 ; water-mills of, 172; aqueduct at, 72 ; maiden-hair ferns at, 72 ; spring of, 72 ; General di Cesnola on ancient ruins of, 74
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LAKE, fresh-water, near Famagousta, 165 Lake, salt, at Larnaca, 22 ; Ceylon, 23 ; Evdimu, 252 ; Akrotiri, 259
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