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secured the liberty and property of individuals, by do- 
ing away the precedence given to the followers of dif- 
ferent religions, it would become one of the most hap- 
py countries upon the face of the earth. Its temperate 
climate; its excellent water, which might be rendered 
abundant by means of labour, and planting trees, that 
would attract the rain; the greater part of the land, which 
is extremely fertile; the plantations of cotton, vineyards, 
and corn fields, which would increase in proportion to 
the population, industry, and liberty of its inhabitants; 
the manufactories for sugar and tobacco, which might 
be re-established; the forests of lofty trees, which would 
multiply easily upon the lofty mountains; the opening 
of abundant mines of copper, and perhaps richer me- 
tals, which exist in the island; the disposition of the 
inhabitants, who desire a new order of things, to further 
the display of their industry, all united together, would 
render it a most interesting spot. 
As to the topography of the island, it may be consi- 
dered as a segment of a circle, having sixty leagues in 
length, and eighteen leagues and a half in breadth. This 
surface is divided into three great parts; first, the chain 
of mountains called Paphos, or Olympus, the summits 
of which are perpetually covered with snow, composes 
the southern part of the island, from the neighbourhood 
of Paphos, where the summits are, to Larnaca; second, 
the great plain of Nicosia, which traverses the centre 
of the island from east to west; and third, the chain of 
volcanic mountains to the north, extending from the 
neighbourhood of Chirigna to the cape of St. Andre. 
My astronomical observations, made at different pe- 
riods at Limasol, have given me its latitude at 34° 42' 
