16 CYPRUS. 
CHAP, bitter herbs, while their drivers seek for shelter 
1. 
from the biirnina' noon. 
We found at anchor in this bay the Iphigenia^ 
Captain Sinchpolc, from the fleet, with several 
transport-ships, waiting for supplies of cattle 
and water. On the following morning, June the 
seventh, about ten o'clock, we landed, and 
carried our letters of recommendation to the 
Larneca. diifcrcut Cousuls rcsidiug at Larneca, about a 
mile from Salines, towards the north. Here the 
principal families reside, although almost all 
commercial transactions are carried on at Salines. 
We dined in Larneca, with our own Consul ; 
collecting, during our walk to and from his 
house, beneath the shelter of umbrellas, the 
insaiu- few plants that occurred in our way. In our 
biityofthe 
isiaud. subsequent visits, we soon lound that the mal- 
aria we had witnessed from the deck of the 
Ceres, veiling all the harbour with its fearful 
mist, could not be approached with impunity. 
Our lamented friend and exemplary commander, 
Captain Riissel, was the first to experience its 
baneful influence; being seized with a fever, 
from which he never afterwards recovered '. 
(1) The salt lakes in the neiglibouvhood of Salines contribute much to 
the insalubrity of the bay, and of the surrounding territory. For an 
account of them, see JDrummond's Travels, p. 141. Travellers should be 
particularly cautioned to avoid all places where 5a^i is made in the Levant : 
they are generally called Laguncs. 
