. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 375 On Monday, Dec. 1,1 returned from Jerusalem to Jaffa, and took passage on the steamer Oreste. At 4 o'clock I left for Beyrout, and reached the latter port at 0 a. in. the following day. I left the ship for the lovely Beyrout to take a little rest and see as much as possible •of a city very little more civilized than Jaffa. I was unable to find bee-keepers around t lie city, yet I gathered a few bees on the fruits of the market. Then 1 repaired to the office of the English Consul, and gave 24 lire ($5) for my pas- sage to Lanarca. where I arrived a
. American bee journal. Bee culture; Bees. 375 On Monday, Dec. 1,1 returned from Jerusalem to Jaffa, and took passage on the steamer Oreste. At 4 o'clock I left for Beyrout, and reached the latter port at 0 a. in. the following day. I left the ship for the lovely Beyrout to take a little rest and see as much as possible •of a city very little more civilized than Jaffa. I was unable to find bee-keepers around t lie city, yet I gathered a few bees on the fruits of the market. Then 1 repaired to the office of the English Consul, and gave 24 lire ($5) for my pas- sage to Lanarca. where I arrived at 7 n the morning of Dec. 3. Cyprus Island contains about 4,200 square miles and 240,000 inhabitants, centered in 4 cities—Lanarca, Nicoda (capital, with 24,000 inhabitants), Lim- assol and Famagosta. There are also about 600 villages. The English are improving the island. They have en- larged the fort, constructed a road from Lanarca to Nicosia, and work now to connect Lanarca to Limassol by a car- riage road. The farms have already doubled in price, but the taxes are also doubled, and the cost of living has greatly ?increased. The land is very fertile. The wheat in the watered spots gives 30 seeds for one, and the barley 50. The caroube is one of the best producers of t he land. The area of cultivated land is but 1-7 of the total superfices. Several kinds of reptiles crawl in the fields—among them is the phalarginni; the reapers during harvest attach small bells to their feet in order to frighten these pests. Lanarca, situated at about a kilome- ter from the sea, is a poor city of 12,000 inhabitants. With the exception of a few new buildings, the postoffice, a few hotels, the houses are made with sun- dried earth built with dirt. The roofs of dirt are supported by beams; they are about level, so that rain can easily run through. Our Italian Consul told me that when it rains the inhabitants use umbrellas in the houses. These poor hovels are but 1 story high. Two years ag
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