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 she fell into the boate, and not being able to rise againe 



died there. 



The 23. 24. and 25. we sailed our direct course with 

 a small gale of winde, and this day we had sight of the 

 Island of Cyprus. The first land that we discovered 

 was a headland called Cavo de la Griega, and about mid- Cavo de la 

 night we ankered by North of the Cape. This cape is ^^''■^^^• 

 a high hil, long and square, and on the East corner it 

 hath a high cop, that appeareth unto those at the sea, 

 like a white cloud, for toward the sea it is white, and 

 it lieth into the sea Southwest. This coast of Cyprus 

 is high declining toward the sea, but it hath no cliifes. 



The 26. we set saile againe, and toward noone we 

 came into the port of Salini, where we went on land 

 and lodged that night at a towne one mile from thence 

 called Arnacho di Salini, this is but a village called in 

 Italian, Casalia. This is distant from Jaffa 250. Italian 

 miles. 



The 27. we rested, and the 28. we hired horses to [H. i. 108.] 



ride from Arnacho to Salina, which is a gfood mile. The ^^J^^^^- 



, . . ^ -1 • 1 • Arnacho at 



salt pit IS very neere two miles in compasse, very plaine ^^n^^i 



and levell, into the which they let runne at the time of Casalia. 



raine a quantitie of water comming from the mountaines, 



which water is let in until the pit be full to a certaine 



marke, which when it is full, the rest is conveyed by 



a trench into the sea. This water is let runne in about 



October, or sooner or later, as the time of the yeere doth 



afforde. There they let it remaine untill the ende of 



July or the middest of August, out of which pits at that 



time, in stead of water that they let in they gather very 



faire white salt, without any further art or labour, for 



it is only done by the great heate of the sunne. This 



the Venetians have, and doe maintaine to the use of 



S. Marke, and the Venetian ships that come to this Hand 



are bound to cast out their ballast, and to lade with salt 



for Venice. Also there may none in all the Hand buy 



salt but of these men, who maintaine these pits for S. 



Marke. This place is watched by night with 6. horse- 



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