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lights, and nourish thousands of inhabitants, is becom- 
ing by little and little a perfect desert. 
The administrator or the principal farmer of Couclia 
inhabits the palace; he is a Greek christian. He was ab- 
sent, but I sent him, at my return from Paphos, a de- 
scription of some of the antiquities which are near here. 
From Couclia the sea may be seen at half a league's 
distance towards the S. S. W. as also a Turkish village, 
called Mandria, which is a mile distant in the same di- 
rection. 
At the moment of my departure a Greek priest con- 
ducted me a short distance from the door of the palace, 
and showed me upon the middle of a hill two spots 
newly discovered, where were fine Mosaic pavements. 
Each spot was about three feet diameter. I am sur- 
prised that some amateur of the fine arts has not dis- 
covered the rest, since the coat of earth which covers 
them is only some inches thick. The priest told me 
that upon this spot stood the palace of Aphroditis. 
At half past four in the afternoon we left Couclia, 
taking a N. W. route. We crossed a river upon a 
pretty bridge of one arch, with a Turkish inscription. 
At five o'clock we passed another river, and the vil- 
lages of Dimi, Ascheia, and Coloni, situated near each 
other. At seven in the evening we arrived at Ieroschi- 
pos, which signifies in Greek, sacred garden; it is the 
name which this place has borne since the most distant 
period. It is represented as being the spot where the sa- 
cred garden of Venus, or leroschipos Aphroditis, was, 
when the goddess resided at Paphos. 
Upon the vast platform of rock which commands the 
sacred garden, there is towards the N. W. a little vil- 
lage, called also leroschipos, composed chiefly of Turks, 
