the fourteenth century the Genoese seized Famagusta, which they retained for many years; and a century later the abdication of its last ruler, a Venetian by birth, gave the whole island to the Republic of Venice. Venice and Genoa were both naval and trading Powers; the island was a good base both for trade in the eastern Mediterranean and for warlike operations against the Turk. We can still see the lion of Venice and the old inscription 7 on the fortifications of the citadel of Famagusta, and here 8 too is a fragment of the ancient palace of the Lusignan dynasty, which has escaped destruction by the Turk only to be converted into a prosaic police station. Unlike the knights of Malta, the Lusignans made little impression on the natives of the island. They attempted to replace the national Greek Church by the Latin; yet the old Latin cathedral of St. Sophia is now used as a mosque, while, in spite of occasional persecution, the Greek Church still survives as the Church of the majority of the 9 people. Here is the outside of St. Sophia: it is partly ruined, but we can see that it was once a fine building. Inside, it 10 still looks like a church, except for the presence of Mohammedans wearing turbans. Out in the country, near Nicosia, we come on a fine old monastery, still in the possession of the Greek 11 Church. Notice the monks in their curious dress. Not far away is a once-famous abbey, now somewhat decayed, as we may 12 judge from a near view of the cloisters; here again is an 13 ugly modern village church, and here by way of contrast a 14 famous _tekkye_, or Mohammedan shrine. Everywhere Turk and 15 Cypriote, Mohammedan and Christian, are side by side; and behind all is British power enforcing law and order and compelling the different parties to live at peace with one another.