THE ENGLISH TOURIST. 
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was very pleasantly disposed of in rambling about the ruined 
old town, making sketches, wondering how such a beggarly 
and degenerate population could exist on the face of the earth, 
and musing upon the many changes in the condition of the 
Island since the birth-day of the Cyprian goddess who came 
out of the surf at Paphos. 
