72 CYPRUS. 
CHAP, differ from the manner of printing cottons in 
V. .y I England; excepting in the fashion of the wooden 
blocks, which are here exceedingly rude and 
coarse. The secret of the dye would be a 
valuable discovery ; as the colours, instead of 
fading, when the cloth is washed with soap, 
become more splendid. Mariti says, it is a 
mixture composed of the root of the Boia and 
ox's bloods 
Antiquities Q^j. success iu collcctinof &ems was so great, 
obtained in ...... 
the Ba%ar. that tlic uumbcr of our acquisitions in Nicotia 
exceeded the total of what we had been able to 
procure since our departure from Constantinople. 
We found also silver medals of Antoninus Pius, 
Severus, Faustina, and of the Ptolemies. The 
bronze were all of late date, and almost all 
after the time of Constantine. We also made 
diligent inquiry concerning the Yeny Madem 
Polished crystal. Some detached and very indifferent 
Stones of . 1 1 • i 
Cyprus. specimens of crystallized quartz were shewn to 
us, by the name of Boffa stones ; but the 
inhabitants were unable to polish even these. 
All the stones found in the island, capable of 
being polished, are sent to Grand Cairo for this 
purpose. This fact, while it serves to shew the 
wretched state of the arts in Cyprus, also 
(l) Maria's Tt&.\&\%, vol. I. p, 102. Lond. 1791. 
