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ed the river Scarino, which runs to the south, and at 
three, another river flowing in the same direction. 
At half past nine the road turned towards the N. E. 
and we began to climb the highest mountains, whose 
tops we reached by eleven; we descended by a gradual 
declination, and half an hour afterwards we passed by 
a village called Corno, and we halted at mid-day in the 
Greek monastery of St. Tecla. Leaving the convent at 
half past one, we proceeded to the N. N. W. and at 
two o'clock crossed a brook. 
At three we had on our left the village of Terraforio, 
situated at a small distance. We left on our right an- 
other village called Tisdarchani, and crossing a brook, 
we continued in the same direction until six o'clock, 
when our whole cavalcade entered the city of Nico- 
sia, the capital of the island. The country at first 
exhibited hills rising in steps, and clothed with fine ver- 
dure; they presented most smiling views, worthy of the 
goddess to whose worship the island was consecrated. 
The soil is composed of excellent earth, such as one 
could wish for a garden. 
The lofty mountains are formed of rocks of different 
shades from the apple green to the dark green, besides 
pieces of horn stone, very bright and shining. I stop- 
ped my horse for a short time to examine these rocks. 
M. Franiondi told me they were called Boca di Corno. 
I inquired whence they had derived the name, and he 
replied from a place which we passed. It is the same 1 
have mentioned in the description of the road. If it 
be chance, the coincidence of ihe vulgar name with our 
mineralogical one is very singular; and on the other 
