mOM ROSETTA IN ECrYPT TO LARNECA IN CYPRUS. 1ST 
©r exhibits, during calms, a more tremendous swell. It is in* 
deed singular, that even fresh gales in the Mediterranean, 
throughout May and June, cause no turbulent waves. Inst 
subsequent voyage to the coast of Syria, on board the Romu¬ 
lus frigate, we took in the royals, and carried reefs in the 
topsail, fore and aft, and also in the mizeo, playing all the 
while at chess in the cabin, as if we were sailing on the Thames. 
About six o’clock in the evening of June the third, we 
made land, northeast and by east. It fell to my lot to give * 
the first intelligence of its appearance, being aloft, upon the 
look-out, in the phuttock shrouds. Cape Blanco, anciently 
Curias Promontory, then hove in view, (to use the language of 
seamen,) and soon after the whole island was seen indistinctly^ 
looming amidst thick fogs. It appeared very high and moun¬ 
tainous. We had such light breezes and frequent calms, that 
■we did not reach Salines bay until three o’clock, p. m. on 
Saturday the sixth of June. We had coasted the whole 
island, from its western extremity, and so near to the shore*, 
that we had a distinct survey of the features of the country®. 
We saw the fortress and town of Baffa, anciently Paphos, 
backed by high mountains. The coast toward the west much 
resembles the southern part of the Crimea; the villages and 
cultivated places being near the shore, and all behind craggy 
and mountainous. From Baffa to Limasol, near the spot 
where the ancient city of Amalhus stood, the coast appears 
very fertile, and more so than any part of the island that we 
afterward visited. Toward the south western district the 
country is well covered with forest trees, and particularly the 
neighbourhood of Baffa. Limasol produces the finest musca¬ 
dine wine of Cyprus; some of this pours like oil, and may be 
kept to a great age. The wine called Commanderia is, how¬ 
ever, held principally in esteem among the natives. 
As we sailed into Salines bay, anciently that of Citium , now 
called <aa/*«,. from a cluster of salt lakes near the sea, the 
town of Salines appeared covered with that white fog, so 
much dreaded, and so well known in Italy, by the name, of 
malaria . The mountains behind the place were partially 
concealed by this unwholesome vapour. It rose from the 
shore and buildings like smoke. Whenever this appearance m 
presented, the heat upon the island is excessive. Few of the 
natives venture out of their houses during mid-day ; and all 
journeys, even those of caravans, are performed in the night; 
the dews are then neither ab.undani.nor dangerous; la this m* 
