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72 AN EXCURSION IN FHRYGIA
Julia Severa's inscription, and of the Jewish families
connected with her.
This was one of my greatest disappointments,
for the report had been so circumstantial and so
probable, that I had never doubted about some
great find ; and the man had been right in every
respect except one; he had described the monu-
ment as north or north-east of the village, whereas
it lay to the south. The day, too, was cold and
showery : when the sun is bright, disappointments
are light, but I find them much harder to bear,
when I am cold and the sky is dark.
There was now no other course open than to
return to Duwer and try to get better news there.
But we could not hear of any other monument,
whether because the Duwerli knew of none, or
because I failed to make them talk. In my dejec-
tion I was not in the humour to get on well with
the usual crowd of natives, and in such circumstances
they were not likely to tell much. As the rain
came heavier, it did not seem advisable to pack up
and go on, so I contented myself with riding an
hour north over the watershed to make the con-
nection with a former route, and then came back to
bed feeling despondent. Rainy weather is peculiarly
depressing on these expeditions, for there is absolutely
nothing to do except work ; and when you are con-
fined inside a hut, archajologising seems a cold and
hollow occupation. This was our first blank day.
Julia Severa's inscription, and of the Jewish families
connected with her.
This was one of my greatest disappointments,
for the report had been so circumstantial and so
probable, that I had never doubted about some
great find ; and the man had been right in every
respect except one; he had described the monu-
ment as north or north-east of the village, whereas
it lay to the south. The day, too, was cold and
showery : when the sun is bright, disappointments
are light, but I find them much harder to bear,
when I am cold and the sky is dark.
There was now no other course open than to
return to Duwer and try to get better news there.
But we could not hear of any other monument,
whether because the Duwerli knew of none, or
because I failed to make them talk. In my dejec-
tion I was not in the humour to get on well with
the usual crowd of natives, and in such circumstances
they were not likely to tell much. As the rain
came heavier, it did not seem advisable to pack up
and go on, so I contented myself with riding an
hour north over the watershed to make the con-
nection with a former route, and then came back to
bed feeling despondent. Rainy weather is peculiarly
depressing on these expeditions, for there is absolutely
nothing to do except work ; and when you are con-
fined inside a hut, archajologising seems a cold and
hollow occupation. This was our first blank day.