74 CYPRUS. 
it is probable that this gem was intended to 
preserve a memorial of the image. It has no 
resemblance to the appearance of any Grecian 
Deity; the calathus, or rather the pileus, upon 
its head, is like that seen upon Indian or 
Chinese idols. 
In the evening we momited our mules, and 
again returned to Attien. Our good friend 
Signor Sekis had laden an ass with all sorts of 
provisions for our journey; but we would only 
accept a basket of his fine apricots. These he 
said were nothing in comparison with the 
apricots he received annually from Famagosta, 
yet they were the largest we had ever seen. 
Camels. We met caravans of camels in our way to 
Attien, marching according to the order always 
observed in the East : that is to say, in a line, 
one after the other ; the whole caravan being- 
preceded by an ass, with a bell about its neck. 
Camels never seem to seek the shade : when 
left to repose, they kneel down, exposed to the 
hottest beams of the sun. Trees, however, are 
rarely seen in this part of the island, excepting 
along the channels formed by torrents, where 
a magnificent species of Rhododendron is seen 
flourishing among the loose stones, and growing 
to a very extraordinary size : we believed it to 
be the Rhododendron Pondcum of Pallas. The 
