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Citium. 
38 CYPRU'S. 
CHAP, ocular testimony reconcile the locality of the 
antient and modern places. " At Larneca,'' 
gituationof Q]3gej,ygg the former of these writers ^ " are 
undeniable proofs of its having been the antient 
Citium.'' Perhaps the antiquities now described 
may hereafter serve to confirm an opinion of 
Drummond's, founded upon very diligent inquiry, 
and repeated examination of the country. 
During the time he was Consul at Aleppo, he 
thrice visited Cyprus, and, upon every occasion, 
industriously surveyed the existing documents 
of its antient history. The sepulchral remains 
occupying so considerable a portion of the 
territory where the modern town is situated, 
appear to have been those of the Necropolis of 
Citiuvi; and this city probably extended from 
the port all the way to Larneca, called also 
Larnec, and Larnic^; implying, in its etymology, 
independently of its tombs, " a place of burial." 
Descending to later authors, we find this position 
of Citium strongly confirmed by the Abbe Mariti^, 
who discovered very curious testimony con- 
(1) Drummond's Travels, Lett. xiii. p. 251. 
(2) Larneca is the name in most common acceptation among foreign 
nations ; but the inhabitants call it Larnec, and the Abhe Mctritl 
vrites it Larnic, The Bay of Salines is also sometimes called 
Larneca Bay. 
(3) Travels through O/prus, Syria, and Palestine, by the Jbb^ 
Mariti. Eng. edit. Loud. \^ 01. 
