Before leaving Cyprus in December 1913 I accepted the invitation of Mr. Markides to accompany him on a visit of inspection to the site of the Paphian Sanctuary at Kouklia which had been cleared by Messrs. Ernest Gardner, Hogarth, and Elsey Smith for the Cyprus Excavation Fund in 1887–8 (JHS IX 147 ff.). The ancient site lies on a spur of soft limestone, about a mile from the sea, where in south-westerly gales, such as we encountered, the reflected breakers, meeting incoming swell at an angle, throw up the remarkable jets of spray on which no doubt is based the myth of ‘Aphrodite rising from the waves.’ On the end of the spur stands a large mediaeval building composed of squared blocks of sandy limestone, of which the seaward wall had fallen only recently. This building seems to stand clear of the ancient site, and is worth preserving.