CYPRUS. 1:5 
produces the finest muscadine wine o^ Cyprus: cii.\r. 
some of this has the consistence of oil, and *»-».% ' 
may be kept to a great age. The wine called 
Commander'ia is, however, held principally in 
esteem among the natives. 
As we sailed into Salines Bay, antiently that ^^^^ 
^ '' Winds. 
of Citium, now called 'Ax/;ig$-, from a cluster of 
salt lakes near the sea, the town of Salines 
appeared covered with that white fog, so much 
dreaded, and so well known in Italy, by the 
name of mal-aria. The mountains behind the 
place were partially concealed by this unwhole- 
some vapour. It rose from the shore and 
buildings like smoke. Whenever this appear- 
ance is presented, the heat upon the island is 
excessive. Few of the natives venture out of 
their houses during mid-day ; and all journeys, 
even those of caravans, are performed in the 
night: the dews are then neither abundant 
nor dangerous : in this respect Cyprus differs 
entirely from Egypt, and from all the neigh- 
bouring shores. It ports are more sultry than 
any other in the Levant. Salines, and the 
towns situate on the eastern and north-eastern 
coasts of the island, are subject to such 
dangerous temperature, that, in the months of 
June iiwd July, persons fall victims to the afflicting 
inalady called by the French coup de soleil\a sun- 
