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muft not pafs. Oppofite the church were the ruins 
of the palace, formerly inhabited by the Venetian 
Governors. Here were feveral columns of Granite 
and Porphyry, and in feveral places of the wall 
the Venetian lion ; in fome places carved in re- 
lief, in others entire. The town of Famagufta is 
now in a worfe condition than the fort. All the 
houfes, built by the Venetians, are either entirely 
demol ifltcd or uninhabitable. There are now no 
more than 300 inhabitants in the town, mod of 
them Turks, who poffefs the miferable remains 
which are left of the once fine and famous Fama- 
gufta. 
I have always, fince my departure from Sweden, 
with much attention examined the fea birds. I had 
feen many of them during my voyage to Smyrnii, 
but from that time they had beeninvifible tome. The 
firft I faw afterwards, was on the 28 th towards even- 
ing : this was a little bird, of the fize of a Sparrow, of 
a greyifh colour, with a brown bread:, and white un- 
der his wfings ; he fometimes fettled on the fea, and 
then flew up again, but not at any diftance from the 
furface of the water : it followed the veflel till dark* 
This bird had gone out to fea wlie n it was fine and 
calm, in fearch of food, by catching fome Email i* 1 ' 
fefts which fly above the furface of the fea. The 
diftance would not permit me fully to deferibe hi®» 
but the infefts were a kind of fmall Water-flies. 
The 30th, we failed by Carams and Chateau 
Rouge in Caramannia. At both places are hat' 
bours, whence they load wood for Egypt, which lS 
cut in abundance in the woods of Caramannia. I waS 
told, that in the former place a town was to be fe^ 1 
under water, and the ruins of another on the laud* 
In the latter are the remains of a caftle, which is 
