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44 ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE.
salary customarily allowed in similar undertakings (at Troy, Per-
gamon, etc.). The presence of this guard at the scene of the
excavations proved to be a mere formality, and the amicable
relations of the Expedition with the gentleman appointed to
the post, Mehmet Effendi, member of the council of Iradjik,
were perfect.
It became evident that, on account of the advancing season
and gradual desertion of the men, excavations would have to
be suspended for the winter at the end of three months, — on
the 6th of November. On the ist of October notice to that
effect was submitted to the local authorities, and formally
accepted. It is with pleasure that the obligations of the
Expedition to Shefket Bey, Kymacahm of Iradjik, are here
acknowledged; the familiarity of that gentleman with the
French language, and his liberal views, the result of residence
as attache of Turkish embassies in various European capitals,
made intercourse with him personally agreeable, and assured
his favorable consideration for our work.
About two weeks before we proposed to close the excava-
tions a Turkish office-seeker, of a type familiar in the ante-
chambers of the Sublime Porte, arrived at Assos, stating that
he had been appointed commissioner to the Americans at
Behram, by authorities above the Kymacahm in power. He
at once demanded excessive travelling allowances, and main-
tained that his salary, — in amount thrice the generous sum
before paid, — was to be continued throughout the winter,
whether work were carried on or not. The new-comer pre-
sented no credentials whatever, but, on referring the ques-
tion of his official character to Shefket Bey, assurance of his
direct dependency upon the Pasha of the Dardanelles was
given.
To accede to such excessive demands was out of the ques-
tion ; to accept the new official would be to give a precedent
salary customarily allowed in similar undertakings (at Troy, Per-
gamon, etc.). The presence of this guard at the scene of the
excavations proved to be a mere formality, and the amicable
relations of the Expedition with the gentleman appointed to
the post, Mehmet Effendi, member of the council of Iradjik,
were perfect.
It became evident that, on account of the advancing season
and gradual desertion of the men, excavations would have to
be suspended for the winter at the end of three months, — on
the 6th of November. On the ist of October notice to that
effect was submitted to the local authorities, and formally
accepted. It is with pleasure that the obligations of the
Expedition to Shefket Bey, Kymacahm of Iradjik, are here
acknowledged; the familiarity of that gentleman with the
French language, and his liberal views, the result of residence
as attache of Turkish embassies in various European capitals,
made intercourse with him personally agreeable, and assured
his favorable consideration for our work.
About two weeks before we proposed to close the excava-
tions a Turkish office-seeker, of a type familiar in the ante-
chambers of the Sublime Porte, arrived at Assos, stating that
he had been appointed commissioner to the Americans at
Behram, by authorities above the Kymacahm in power. He
at once demanded excessive travelling allowances, and main-
tained that his salary, — in amount thrice the generous sum
before paid, — was to be continued throughout the winter,
whether work were carried on or not. The new-comer pre-
sented no credentials whatever, but, on referring the ques-
tion of his official character to Shefket Bey, assurance of his
direct dependency upon the Pasha of the Dardanelles was
given.
To accede to such excessive demands was out of the ques-
tion ; to accept the new official would be to give a precedent