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INVESTIGATIONS AT ASSOS, 1881. 149
shepherd dogs, comes at nightfall into the village only to be at-
tacked by a yelping pack at the gate where he seeks shelter for the
night, and who has seen and heard the filthy, maimed, blood-stained
brutes that go howling in droves throughout the night in the larger
cities of the Orient, will not wonder that to the Mussulman "dog"
is the strongest expression of loathing and contempt.
THE BALI-DAGH.
The Acropolis of the Bali-dagh, identified by many writers since
the time of Lechevalier as the Pergamos of Priam, is a striking emi-
nence (rising some hundred and forty metres above the Hellespont)
at the southern extremity of the Trojan Plain, overhanging the left
bank of the Mendereh just where that river breaks from the moun-
tains and flows out into the plain. As it is the last height on the
west bank of the stream, it commands an unbroken view down the
whole length of the plain. The Mendereh flows around it on three
sides, at the base of steep cliffs. The only easy approach is over a
comparatively narrow neck from the northwest. Its position will
be clearly understood from the accompanying map and drawings.
Plates II., III., IV.
The walls which appear on the map were traced out and partially
laid bare by Von Hahn, who, accompanied by Messrs. Schmidt and
Ziller, of Athens, excavated here for three weeks only in May, 1864.
He employed at first five laborers, afterwards twenty-two, and for
the last three days thirty-six. His report is a small pamphlet of
thirty-three pages, in the form of two letters to Mr. Finlay, the
historian of Greece.
The walls are constructed chiefly of the crystalline limestone of
which the mountain is formed. Indeed, immediately under the
northwest corner of the city wall is a quarry of considerable size cut
into the precipitous side of the hill. In this quarry is an old wild
fig-tree, which bears excellent fruit. It will be noticed that on the
south side the walls are not traceable. The native rock here is very
scantily covered with soil. Occasional remnants of light house-
walls appear, and others which seem to support a terrace of earth.
In the whole eastern part of the city the rock strata of the hill
appear often on the surface. In the middle and western portions
there seems to be a considerable depth of soil.
shepherd dogs, comes at nightfall into the village only to be at-
tacked by a yelping pack at the gate where he seeks shelter for the
night, and who has seen and heard the filthy, maimed, blood-stained
brutes that go howling in droves throughout the night in the larger
cities of the Orient, will not wonder that to the Mussulman "dog"
is the strongest expression of loathing and contempt.
THE BALI-DAGH.
The Acropolis of the Bali-dagh, identified by many writers since
the time of Lechevalier as the Pergamos of Priam, is a striking emi-
nence (rising some hundred and forty metres above the Hellespont)
at the southern extremity of the Trojan Plain, overhanging the left
bank of the Mendereh just where that river breaks from the moun-
tains and flows out into the plain. As it is the last height on the
west bank of the stream, it commands an unbroken view down the
whole length of the plain. The Mendereh flows around it on three
sides, at the base of steep cliffs. The only easy approach is over a
comparatively narrow neck from the northwest. Its position will
be clearly understood from the accompanying map and drawings.
Plates II., III., IV.
The walls which appear on the map were traced out and partially
laid bare by Von Hahn, who, accompanied by Messrs. Schmidt and
Ziller, of Athens, excavated here for three weeks only in May, 1864.
He employed at first five laborers, afterwards twenty-two, and for
the last three days thirty-six. His report is a small pamphlet of
thirty-three pages, in the form of two letters to Mr. Finlay, the
historian of Greece.
The walls are constructed chiefly of the crystalline limestone of
which the mountain is formed. Indeed, immediately under the
northwest corner of the city wall is a quarry of considerable size cut
into the precipitous side of the hill. In this quarry is an old wild
fig-tree, which bears excellent fruit. It will be noticed that on the
south side the walls are not traceable. The native rock here is very
scantily covered with soil. Occasional remnants of light house-
walls appear, and others which seem to support a terrace of earth.
In the whole eastern part of the city the rock strata of the hill
appear often on the surface. In the middle and western portions
there seems to be a considerable depth of soil.