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was preparing to travel to Mecca, where he had been 
several tin»es. 
He gave me directions for my journey, and we 
parted mutually content with each other. 
Having finished my visit to the sera.il, I repaired to 
the archbishop's palace, and found at the entrance the 
archimandrite, and the steward* with twenty or thirty 
domestics to receive me. At the foot of the staircase 
a multitude of priests took me up and carried me to the 
first gallery, where the bishop in partibus received me, 
with another set of priests. In the second gallery, I 
found the archbishop. 
The venerable old man, although his legs were ex- 
ceedingly swelled, had got himself transported by the 
bishop of Paphos, and five or six more, who supported 
him, to meet me. I made some friendly reproaches 
for the trouble he had taken on my account; then giving 
him my hand, we entered into his room. 
An Italian physician called Brunoni, settled at Nico- 
sia, who had adopted the dress, manners, and customs 
of the Greeks, served me as interpreter. He is a man 
of pleasant humour, well informed, very arch, and quite 
free from prejudice. The venerable archbishop rela- 
ted to me the vexatious treatment he had suffered the 
last year from the rebel Turks of the island; I strove to 
comfort his heart still sore irom past evils. e talk- 
ed long together on the subject, and after the wonted 
honours of coffee, perfumes, and scented water, we 
parted with sentiments of cordial affection. I after- 
wards visited, in his dwelling, the steward, where we 
met the bishop of Paphos and his colleagues in partibus; 
but what was my surprise, when on coming out, I found 
