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or purple fruited variety of the egg-plant, cabbages, cauliflower, spinach, 

 celery, broad-beans, French-beans, lentils, onions, the Hibiscus escu- 

 lentus, and the Colocasia. 



The manufactures of Cyprus are inconsiderable. Formerly a great 

 trade was carried on in native calicoes printed at Nicosia, for divan and 

 quilt covers, which were exported to various parts of the Levant. This 

 industry has, however, greatly fallen off of late. About fifteen years 

 since there were as many as forty or fifty establishments for printing 

 calicoes, at present there are but five or six. Some very pretty light 

 silk stuffs are manufactured at Nicosia for dresses, scarfs, shirts, mos- 

 quito-nets, and pocket handkerchiefs ; the latter are very good, ar«d equal 

 to any made in France. The gold and silk embroidery of Nicosia is 

 greatly admired. Tanning is carried on to some extent ; fine blue, 

 yellow, and red leather is made for Turkish shoes and slippers ; some 

 quantity of it is exported to Alexandria. Three soap factories have 

 also lately been opened at Larnaca. 



Some idea of the trade of Cyprus may be gathered from the following 

 Table, showing the quantity and the value of the articles exported from 

 the ports of Larnaca and Limassol, during the year 1862 : — 



Articles Exported. 





Quantities. 



Value. 



Wheat 



qrs. 



9,800 



£ 



12,282 



Barley 



„ 



28,075 



15,280 



Carobs 



. tons. 



9,000 



27,210 



Madder-roots 



.. ctrt. 



3,430 



4,670 



Cotton 



. lbs. 



504,000 



18,367 



Wool 



cwt. 



2,500 



4,762 



Silk 



. lbs. 



26,600 



12,925 



Silk-worm Seed and Cocoons . 







5,332 



Linseed 



cwt. 



2,400 



1,470 



Sesame 





2,100 



1,714 



Common Wine 



. galls. 



606,500 



25,274 



Commanderia Wine 



j> 



101,300 



6,000 



Eaki 



» 



117,133 



11,156 



Salt 



. tons. 



5,000 



17,000 



Skins and Hides 







1,735 



Live Stock 



jj 





6,400 



Flax 



. cwt. 



2,500 



1,360 



Raisins 



n 



1,280 



770 



Sundries ... 







14,430 



Total 



£1S8,137 



The beasts of burden in ordinary use are the camel, the mule, ai d 

 the ass. The horse is seldom" used, and indeed rarely seen, except in 

 towns, and there of an inferior description. The mules and asses of the 

 island are fine ; some of the mules have an excellent amble, and are 



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