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VI PREFACE.
execution left much to be desired. Many of his original
plans and drawings have been placed at our disposal; and
an especial acknowledgment is due both to Dr. Schliemann
and Monsieur Emile Burnouf, the Director of the French
School at Athens, for the use of the admirable drawings of
the terra-cotta whorls and balls made by M. Burnouf and
his accomplished daughter. A selection of about 2,00
of these objects, which are among the most interesting of
Dr. Schliemann's discoveries, occupies the 32 lithographic
plates at the end of this volume. With the exception of the
first three Plates (XXI .-XXI11.), which are copied from
the Atlas, in order to give a general view of the sections
' of the whorls and the chief types of the patterns upon them,
all the rest are engraved from M. Burnouf s drawings. They
are given in the natural size, and each whorl is accom-
panied by its section. The depth at which each object was
found among the layers of dibris is a matter of such
moment (as will be seen from Dr. Schliemann's work) that
the Editor felt bound to undertake the great labour of
identifying each with the representation of the same object
in the Atlas, where the depth is marked, to which, un-
fortunately, the drawings gave no reference. The few
whorls that remain unmarked with their depth have either
escaped this repeated search, or are not represented in the
Atlas. The elaborate descriptions of the material, style
of workmanship, and supposed meanings of the patterns,
which M. Burnouf has inscribed on most of his drawings,
are given in the " List of Illustrations." The explanations
of the patterns are, of course, offered only as conjectures,
possessing the value which they derive from M. Burnouf's
profound knowledge of Aryan antiquities. Some of the
explanations of the patterns are Dr. Schliemann's; and the
Editor has added a few descriptions, based on a careful
attempt to analyze and arrange the patterns according to
execution left much to be desired. Many of his original
plans and drawings have been placed at our disposal; and
an especial acknowledgment is due both to Dr. Schliemann
and Monsieur Emile Burnouf, the Director of the French
School at Athens, for the use of the admirable drawings of
the terra-cotta whorls and balls made by M. Burnouf and
his accomplished daughter. A selection of about 2,00
of these objects, which are among the most interesting of
Dr. Schliemann's discoveries, occupies the 32 lithographic
plates at the end of this volume. With the exception of the
first three Plates (XXI .-XXI11.), which are copied from
the Atlas, in order to give a general view of the sections
' of the whorls and the chief types of the patterns upon them,
all the rest are engraved from M. Burnouf s drawings. They
are given in the natural size, and each whorl is accom-
panied by its section. The depth at which each object was
found among the layers of dibris is a matter of such
moment (as will be seen from Dr. Schliemann's work) that
the Editor felt bound to undertake the great labour of
identifying each with the representation of the same object
in the Atlas, where the depth is marked, to which, un-
fortunately, the drawings gave no reference. The few
whorls that remain unmarked with their depth have either
escaped this repeated search, or are not represented in the
Atlas. The elaborate descriptions of the material, style
of workmanship, and supposed meanings of the patterns,
which M. Burnouf has inscribed on most of his drawings,
are given in the " List of Illustrations." The explanations
of the patterns are, of course, offered only as conjectures,
possessing the value which they derive from M. Burnouf's
profound knowledge of Aryan antiquities. Some of the
explanations of the patterns are Dr. Schliemann's; and the
Editor has added a few descriptions, based on a careful
attempt to analyze and arrange the patterns according to