The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-12

snce when we reached within four or ave yards OF
the shore where alarge crowd Of people was gathering
/ TO witness the arrival of the consul always
| an event IN tins town. tho Maaona. prob
ably too heavily laden, stuck in tho
deafsning yells OF tho boatmen In encouraging one
| further boatman jumped into tho water and made
sign TO me to alight on his broad shoulders.
Other boatmen did the same and began to land my
''s,an officers" In this manner l comprehended az
glance that there was nothing else Tor me to do
| diplomatic style that l was obliged TO make
my entry into the city OF Larnaca To persuade
ance would nave ssea '' t,mo lost. She would
have returned all the way to New York rather than
she said that there must be landing somewhere for
ladies: but, assl tho island OF Cyprus
sembe her native Manhattan, and landing places here
Tor the convenience OF travellers are quite unheardof
luxuries.
A bright idea occurred TO OF the employees; u
chair procured aud held by two boatmen, aud
the American ConsuPs vile invited TO SIT on It. But
tho lady refused, ana, as the Mahona fortunately
lightened sufficiently to enable 1t to be pushed
near tho shore she quietly stepped the sand In
triumph. wo have no space Tor summary OF the
Consul's troubles with tho Turkish authorities, though
they very amusing reading and hasten to the story
OF his wonderful discoyeries Naturally Interested In
archaeological studies General Di Cosnola had scarcely
established himself az the American consular agent
| when he began investigating.
After few experiments in the vicinity OF Larnaca
travelled along the southern coast Cyprus Visiting
the sites of Amathus and Paphos, and other localities
in Their neghborhood l came to tho conclusion that.
had sufficient funds at my disposal might explore
some Of these ruins with far chance OF success.
explained the plan ! had conceived to some Of my
none seemed to be disposed embark In so doubtful
and expensive an enterprise. had almost given up
tho hope OF beng able to continue my explorations
| when an incident occurred whicn seemed TO put an
end to them forever, yet the result quite the
| trary.
Tie Calmakam (Governor) OF Larnaca ono day
arrested two OF my diggers without previously in
forming me, as is the custom, OF his intention l at
| once called on him for explanation; he informed
me III an arrogant manner that diggings without
n hrman were strictly forbidden. l re-
| piled that the necessity for hrman TO
| dig in Cyprus must be something new, AZ had not
previously heard Of it. 'rnat Is not my affair."" said
Derae my two men, whom he retained arbitrarily in
prison for several days without any judgment When
Obliged Cyprus provide their own food or slarve
and that their families have only their daily labor 10
sentence is easily perceived. From that day had
Prudge against the Caimakam OF Larnaca, Genab
h uS ooy an &C.
One morning notable Turk Of the "Marina' came
and begged me to appoint him to tho vacant post Of
Caimakam had q persoual spite against him. and had
sworn to have him drafted into the military
was delighted to have SO soon chance OF squaring
| my accounts with Genab Encndi, and Immediately
appointed Mustaa Feis a regular privileged American
| employe. The Calmakam went into a great rage when
he heard Of this appointment but, Turk-iiko, he inn
| mcdatey called on me- and tried In his blandcst
| manner 10 induce me 10 make another selection. Hc
promised never TO interfere in my excavations again
II would but appoint another man instead OF Mus
taia, but laughed at HIM, and positively refused TO
have any other.
| The Consul persisted In holding Mustaia as his ca.
vass and IL was not until four months later that the
sequel came In the arbitrary arrest Of tho agent
| Turkish deserteE On tho ground that the American
Consul had been insutod General Di Ces
noa, through Consul General, Angus
tus J. Johnson, at Bcyrult, forced the OF
1 toman government to dismiss tho Governor of
Larnaca, resttuo Mustaa in his official rights salute
the American flag from the fortress and pay TO- 900
piastres to the American dragoman whose prem
ises the had been made, besides obtaining from
tho Gove General of Cyprus letter OF regret for
the mistake he had made
Hero is an interesting description OF summer
dwelling:-
On the occasion OF visit to Ncosia, the capital Of
tho island, passed night In the village oil DALI
which is about hallway between Ncosla and Larnaca
and remarked on It's outskirts u grove OF lemon and
white cottage con nected win several ouspu,ainss
brought my vile TO this spot and wo decided that
might DO converted INTO peasant retreat ana soon
induced the proprietor To cede IL to tor small
neraion, during the hot season ihs ne did the moro
readily the peasants live almost entirely out
from June TIL September, II rarely ever happening
that drop OF dew, and almost never drop OF ram,
falls during these months They place thor beds under
the trees making tho branches OF the latter do duty
as clvthcspress. lardcr and pantry. They will Ire.
queny throw handkerchief upon the ground and lay
iner infants 10 sleep upon IT, satisfied that neither
moisture creeping thing will harm the child, Tor
Dali Is wonderfully tree IRON noxious reptiles.
| Another reason, which had great weight 10 my seoc.
lion OF Dali as a temporary residence was tho lac,
that an old Greek peasant, called Had Jorghi. mad
brought me from time TO time fragments OF sculp-
lures from this village, which greatly Interested me.
THIS simple abode became our summer resort Tor
several years IL was surrounded ny about SIX acres
Of ground laid In alloys oi lemon nd orange trees,
aud the iavorItc casha, from the blossoms vi which
exhaied delightful perfume Two noble walnut trees
ula.raI ina nriu1 UJ,fL1 mala
tenacd their shade 10 out-oidoor saton, where
the day long, reading, writing ana chatting, with the
grateful orceze at all hours coming through ihc long
verdant alleys hung with luscious ruiL small
rivuot OF the purest water found its way from cold
to the feet OF THESE walnut trees the broad
leafv branches Of which formed the ceiling OF
| drawing room ana being blocked by Pile OF rude
stones, over which u tumbcd, in cascade fashion,
INTO basin scoopcd out To receive II, served as
| wine-cooler ana refrigerator. We soon adopted
the housekeeping system OF the peasants, and
hung our plate baskets and taDte linen among the
trees and spreading out tho thick mats Of the
try with wooden settle dining table ana some rough
cbars we soou arranged u diniug hall, where our
Turkish attendants served US with much attention
us II ut state dinner, though not win quito tho
same ceremony.
the hands OF village children. asccrtaned that
they had boon found in tomb and that two largo
ones had been LETT undisturbed lest the Cadi should
punish the dcspolers. ID Cesnola Immediately pro-
ccedcd TO uncover tho tomb, and WAS rewarded by ind
ing tho vuscs, OF an archaic form, such as no had
not seen before After two weeks spent carefully
surveying in every direction the fields surrounding
Dali tho General became thoroughly CONVINCED that
| an extensive metropolis lay on the south and o.
IT. PROBABLY tho ancient buryins- ground Of Iaalium
the tomDs OF which mad before been disturbed
He therefore leased about thirty OF THIS land and
| IN these arrangements was greatly assisted by
MI Cosna, notable OF the place. and Tor many years
dragoman of the Dutch Consulate In Cyprus. General
i ID Ccsnola next addressed hmSe 10 the American
Minister the Hon. Edward JOY Morris, At Constanti-
| nopie explaining to him mis- belief IN an important
discovery, and the desire he had OF thoroughly
investigating It. Mr Morris kindly used tho
great Influence no possessed with the Porte and OBJ
tanned for the Consul the necessary hrman authorz.
hug him to pursue his archaeological researches IN tho
island. and this no hid renewed az the expiration OF
each year az long as hc remained al Consantiaope.
This was great hep aud tnus encouraged tho en-