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This place was formerly of great consequence; as 
proofs of which, there are still an infinity of columns, 
arches, and other ruins remaining. It is now composed 
of only a few habitable dwellings, scattered among the 
ruins, with some gardens. 
The port is small and choked with sand, so that only 
the smallest boats possible can enter. On the point of 
a rock to the south-west is a strong tower built by the 
Turks, and furnished with artillery. The moment we 
were perceived, the flag was hoisted, and my respecta- 
ble friend Alai Bey had given orders to salute me with 
three pieces of cannon upon my arrival at the tower; 
but it was late, and I continued my journey without 
stopping. Upon a bank of the sea facing the harbour, 
and in a small rock, there is an excavation in the form of 
habitations, the entrance of which is stopped up; and 
upon the bank itself, there are the remains of a great 
number of columns, which attest the existence in for- 
mer times of a magnificent monument. They are of a 
blackish grey marble, and highly polished. The inha- 
bitants say it was a palace of Aphroditis. Perhaps the 
caverns were contemporary with the goddess; but I be- 
lieve the edifice, whose form it was impossible to dis- 
tinguish, was a temple dedicated to her name, or wor- 
ship, and constructed long after her time. 
After having cast an eye over the labyrinth of the 
ruins of the New Paphos, we returned the same even- 
ing to leroschipos. 
