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XXVI CONTENTS.
the whorls in great number — Conjectures as to their uses : probably
Ex votos — Priapi of stone and terra-cotta: their worship brought by
the primitive Aryans from Bactria — Vessels with the owl's face— Boars'
tusks — Various implements and weapons of stone — Hand mill-stones —
Models of canoes in terra-cotta — Whetstones — The one object of the
excavations, to find Troy .. .. .... .. .. Page 75
CHAPTER IV.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, ATovember iSth, 1871.
Another passage from the Stone Age to copper implements mixed with stone
— The signs of a higher civilization increase with the depth reached —
All the implements are of better workmanship — Discovery of supposed
inscriptions — Further discussion of the use of the whorls — TROY still
to be reached—Fine terra-cotta vessels of remarkable forms — Great
numbers of stone weights and hand mill-stones — Numerous house-walls
— Construction of the great cutting — Fever and quinine — Wounds
and arnica .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 81
CHAPTER V.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, November 24th, 1871.
Interruptions from Rain—Last works of the season, 1871 — The supposed
ruins of Troy reached •— Great blocks of stone — Engineering con-
trivances — Excavations at the " Village of the Ilians :" no traces of
habitation, and none of hot springs — Results of the excavations thus far
— Review of the objects found at various depths — Structure of the
lowest houses yet reached — Difficulties of the excavations —The object
aimed at — Growth of the Hill of Hissarlik .. .. .. .. 90
WORK AT HISSARLIK IN 1872.
CHAPTER VI.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, April $th, 1872.
New assistants for 1872—Cost of the excavations — Digging of the great
platform on the North -»■ Venomous snakes — A supporting buttress on
the North side of the hill — Objects discovered : little idols of fine marble
— Whorls engraved with the suastika cga and p^ ■— Significance of these
emblems in the old Aryan religion — Their occurrence among other
Aryan nations —■ Mentioned in old Indian literature — Illustrative quota-
tion from Emile Burnouf.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 98
CHAPTER VII.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, April 2$th, 1872.
Smoking at work forbidden, and a mutiny suppressed — Progress of the
great platform — Traces of sacrifices — Colossal blocks of stone belonging
to great buildings — Funereal and other huge urns — Supposed traces
of Assyrian art — Ancient undisturbed remains — Further discoveries of
stone implements and owl-faced idols — Meaning of the epithet " y\avicS>-
nis "— Parallel of "Hpa 0owrtr, and expected discovery of ox-headed idols
at Mycenae—Vases of remarkable forms—Dangers and engineering
the whorls in great number — Conjectures as to their uses : probably
Ex votos — Priapi of stone and terra-cotta: their worship brought by
the primitive Aryans from Bactria — Vessels with the owl's face— Boars'
tusks — Various implements and weapons of stone — Hand mill-stones —
Models of canoes in terra-cotta — Whetstones — The one object of the
excavations, to find Troy .. .. .... .. .. Page 75
CHAPTER IV.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, ATovember iSth, 1871.
Another passage from the Stone Age to copper implements mixed with stone
— The signs of a higher civilization increase with the depth reached —
All the implements are of better workmanship — Discovery of supposed
inscriptions — Further discussion of the use of the whorls — TROY still
to be reached—Fine terra-cotta vessels of remarkable forms — Great
numbers of stone weights and hand mill-stones — Numerous house-walls
— Construction of the great cutting — Fever and quinine — Wounds
and arnica .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 81
CHAPTER V.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, November 24th, 1871.
Interruptions from Rain—Last works of the season, 1871 — The supposed
ruins of Troy reached •— Great blocks of stone — Engineering con-
trivances — Excavations at the " Village of the Ilians :" no traces of
habitation, and none of hot springs — Results of the excavations thus far
— Review of the objects found at various depths — Structure of the
lowest houses yet reached — Difficulties of the excavations —The object
aimed at — Growth of the Hill of Hissarlik .. .. .. .. 90
WORK AT HISSARLIK IN 1872.
CHAPTER VI.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, April $th, 1872.
New assistants for 1872—Cost of the excavations — Digging of the great
platform on the North -»■ Venomous snakes — A supporting buttress on
the North side of the hill — Objects discovered : little idols of fine marble
— Whorls engraved with the suastika cga and p^ ■— Significance of these
emblems in the old Aryan religion — Their occurrence among other
Aryan nations —■ Mentioned in old Indian literature — Illustrative quota-
tion from Emile Burnouf.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 98
CHAPTER VII.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, April 2$th, 1872.
Smoking at work forbidden, and a mutiny suppressed — Progress of the
great platform — Traces of sacrifices — Colossal blocks of stone belonging
to great buildings — Funereal and other huge urns — Supposed traces
of Assyrian art — Ancient undisturbed remains — Further discoveries of
stone implements and owl-faced idols — Meaning of the epithet " y\avicS>-
nis "— Parallel of "Hpa 0owrtr, and expected discovery of ox-headed idols
at Mycenae—Vases of remarkable forms—Dangers and engineering