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The plain of Limasol continues to Colossi, and the 
cape of Gatta discovers itself towards the south. 
Colossi is a village surrounded with gardens, with 
much water. Here still exists a strong square tower, 
which is said to have been built by the knights tem- 
plars, with a large aqueduct at the side of it, which is 
still in use. Both of these works are of unpolished 
marble. 
Episcopi, which is delightfully situated, is larger 
than Colossi; every house is surrounded with gardens, 
trees, plantations of cotton, and with land sown with 
grain. This village is situated at the foot of the moun- 
tains, which project to the sea, and it overlooks a very 
fine plain and the coast. Fresh water flows in abund- 
ance, the soil is excellent; and these circumstances 
combined render Episcopi a truly charming spot, and 
infinitely more worthy of the goddess than Idalia and 
Cythera. 
Episcopi was anciently a very rich city, it contained 
large sugar manufactories; there remain at present the 
ruins of an aqueduct, immense store- houses or vaults, 
and several Greek churches, with paintings in fresco. 
At present it is an inconsiderable village, composed of 
Turks and Greeks, who have each their separate quar- 
ter. The women appeared to me to enjoy a great deal 
of liberty, but I could not perceive that they were hand- 
some; perhaps my unhappy stars did not permit me to 
see those that were so. 
After leaving Episcopi we climbed the mountains, 
which are entirely calcareous, and have perpendicular 
fissures towards the sea, which make the road the more 
dangerous, as the soil is an inclined plane of rock, level 
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