76 CYPRUS. 1 
CHAP, jj^ ii^Q morning, two hours before sun-rise, we 
^ ' y ' set out for Larneca ; and having to cross a stone 
bridge of four arches, found it shaking so 
violently with the impetuosity of the torrent 
of water, that we feared it would fall. The 
antient Cypriots pretended, that their Paphian 
altars, although exposed to the atmosphere, 
were never wetted by rain : probably they 
would not have escaped drenching during the 
showers which had caused this inundation : the 
peasants said, that for thirteen years they had 
not known so great a flood. We reached 
Larneca at eight o'clock, and were on board the 
Ceres before ten. Captain Russets fever had 
much increased. The apricots we brought for 
him seemed to afford a temporary refreshment to 
his parched lips and palate, but were ultimately 
rather injurious than salutary. The symptoms 
of his melancholy fate became daily more ap- 
parent, to the great grief of every individual of 
his crew. 
During our absence, the English Consul had 
been kindly endeavouring to procure for us 
other relics from the interesting vestiges of 
Citium. Before we left the island, he obtained, 
from one of the inhabitants, a small, but thick, 
Antient obloug silvcr medal of the city; considered, 
M^daiT"" from its appearance, as older than the foundation 
