Cyclosis

(Biol.) A name employed to designate certain movements of the protoplasnic contents of plant cells. The semi-liquid protoplasm circulates slowly but constantly within the cell, the cause of its motion being as yet unknown. Cypriote Art. The art of the ancient inhabitants of the island of Cyprus, of which many interesting examples have been found within recent years. Ruins and tombs were seen there by 18th century travellers, but the Turks would not permit excavation. At a later date a number of silver bowls were found, one of which, in the collection of the Duc de Laynes, closely resembles those which Layard found at Nineveh. A black basalt bas-relief, found in 1845, had on it the figure of Sargon, king of As syria. Gen. Louis P. di Cesnola, U. S. consul in Cyprus, obtained permi ion to excavate in 1870, and succeeded in laying bare the sites of several ancient temples and other edifices, and in collecting a great number of rudely shaped statuettes and other objects in considerable variety. These were purchased for the Metropolitan Museum in New York, where they now are. The art displayed is primitive in character, and seems to have had its original inspiration in that of the A yrian and Babylonian region.