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PREFACE.
fYN looking over my portfolios of drawings taken
in Asia Minor seventeen years ago, it occurred
to me that those treating on so noble a city as
Ephesus might not be unacceptable to the public.
The plans and drawings here exhibited will show
that the limited period of one fortnight, a long
period to stop in so unhealthy a spot, must have
been greatly occupied in measuring and drawing,
without giving much time for more general re-
searches. Even had I stayed longer, I should not
have been in a position to direct my investigations
to many points which I should have felt imperative
after writing my monograph. Many things, of course,
can be described only after seeing the remains; but
very many, and generally points of greatest interest,
fYN looking over my portfolios of drawings taken
in Asia Minor seventeen years ago, it occurred
to me that those treating on so noble a city as
Ephesus might not be unacceptable to the public.
The plans and drawings here exhibited will show
that the limited period of one fortnight, a long
period to stop in so unhealthy a spot, must have
been greatly occupied in measuring and drawing,
without giving much time for more general re-
searches. Even had I stayed longer, I should not
have been in a position to direct my investigations
to many points which I should have felt imperative
after writing my monograph. Many things, of course,
can be described only after seeing the remains; but
very many, and generally points of greatest interest,