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It is a magnificent gothic structure, but the Turks 
have bedaubed the pillars with a coarse layer of lime, 
so tha* they resemble monstrous cy lindens. They have 
adekd two turrets or minarets, well built, but not in 
unison with the rest of the edifice. 
To perform their devotions, the law requires that 
they should turn the face towards Mecca. This cathe- 
dral not being constructed tor the use of the true 
believers, the Turks have been obliged to erect v\ ithin 
the church, frontispieces of wood, placed obliquely in 
the direction of Mecca, in order to offer up their 
pravers regularly according to the mode prescribed. 
All the prelates of the island were assembled at Ni- 
cosia, in consequence of the arrival of a new governor- 
general. Several persons of note were come to pay him 
their respects. 
The day after my arrival the bishop of Larnaca came 
to pay me a visit. He was accompanied by a numerous 
retinue; I found him a man endowed with sound judg- 
ment, and well informed. 
The next day I received the visit of the bishop of 
Paphos, who is young, and appeared to me an artful 
man. The bishop of Chirigna, the third in the island, 
was sick. The archbishop is very old, and, as he suf- 
fers much from the gout, he could not come to me him- 
self, but he sent me his bishop in partibus, who in his 
absence performs the functions of his office. The latter 
was accompanied by the archimandrite, the steward, and 
more than 50 priests. 
The three dignitaries made many apologies for the 
archbishop who, notwithstanding his great age, wished 
to be carried to me; which they did not suffer to be 
