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The port of Papbos,or Baffa, situated upon the western 
coast of the island, and fronting Greece, and the Archi- 
pelago, being precisely between the ancient Paphos and 
Ieroschipos, seems to have been the point of disem- 
barkation of the Greek pilgrims; and their offerings 
were no doubt employed in building the temple, which 
must have been magnificent, from the fragments of the 
fine columns existing upon the mount at the New Pa- 
phos, or Baffa, in front of the port, and must have oc- 
casioned an influx of riches and luxury to the city, of 
which nothing now remains but an immense heap of 
ruins. 
I do not remember to have read any description of 
this island. I also forget whether any other travellers 
have written any account of it; but whatever their opi- 
nion may be, I think that the Aphroditis, or the Venus 
of Paphos, is not the same heroine as that of Cythera 
and Idalia.* 
If this island were under a salutary government, it 
is very probable that well-conducted researches would 
be productive of objects as curious as any which have 
been discovered in the subterranean cities of Italy. 
The island of Cyprus in general wants water. The 
cantons of Paphos and Episcopi are abundantly supplied 
with it from the neighbouring mountains; but in the 
other parts of the island there are but a few rivers and 
* It is to be regretted that other travellers have viewed the 
island with profane eyes; for they in reality teach us nothing in- 
teresting concerning Paphos: and as to the queen's palace, they 
only relate the stories of the Greeks, without giving themselves 
the trouble to verify them by any degree of probability. — Note of 
the Editor. 
