Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa, Vol. 4: Part the Second; Greece, Egypt and the Holy Land
Return to' the Fleet - Nelson's Island - lantiquities - Rosetta - Trilinguar Inscription - Scarabaeus Pilularius - Curious Edifice in Rosetta, (f the Gothic form - Voyage to Cyprus - Appearance of the island - Salines - Hot lvinds - Larneca - Insalubrity of the Island - Produce of the Land - Wine of Cyprus - tetched Condition Qf' the country-phoenician Idols - Nature of the Cyprian Venus - Ancient Gems - Signet Rings - Origin of the Camachuia - Thelzan Stone - Paintings commemorated upon Gems - Notice of a Picture by Zeuxis from an ancient Greek Manuscript - Substances used for the Signets (f Cyprus - their most anczentform.
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