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1872.] SPRINGS CLOSE TO TROY.
"In like manner, the assertion of M. Nikola'ides, that
there is no spring whatever near Hissarlik, is utterly wrong.
It would be unfortunate for me if this were true, for I have
constantly to provide my 130 workmen with fresh water
to drink; but, thank God, close to my excavations, im-
mediately below the ruins of the town-wall, there are two
beautiful springs, one of which is even a double one.
M. Nikola'ides is also wrong in his assertion that the
Scamander does not flow, and never has flowed, between
Hissarlik and the Hellespont; for, as already stated, the
Scamander must at one time have occupied the large
and splendid bed of the Kalifatli-Asmak, which runs into
the Hellespont near Cape Rhceteum, and which is not
given in the map of M. Nikola'ides.
" Lastly, he is completely wrong in his statement that
the hill of Hissarlik, where I am digging, lies at the
extreme north-eastern end of the Plain of Troy; for, as
everyone may see by a glance at the map, the Plain
extends still further to the north-east an hour and a half
in length and half an hour in breadth, and only ends at
the foot of the heights of Renko'i and the ancient city of
Ophrynium.
" It will be easily understood that, being engaged with
my superhuman works, I have not a moment to spare,
and therefore I cannot waste my precious time with idle
talk. I beg M. Nikola'ides to come to Troy, and to
convince himself with his own eyes that, in refuting his
erroneous statements, I have described all I see here before
me with the most perfect truth."
"In like manner, the assertion of M. Nikola'ides, that
there is no spring whatever near Hissarlik, is utterly wrong.
It would be unfortunate for me if this were true, for I have
constantly to provide my 130 workmen with fresh water
to drink; but, thank God, close to my excavations, im-
mediately below the ruins of the town-wall, there are two
beautiful springs, one of which is even a double one.
M. Nikola'ides is also wrong in his assertion that the
Scamander does not flow, and never has flowed, between
Hissarlik and the Hellespont; for, as already stated, the
Scamander must at one time have occupied the large
and splendid bed of the Kalifatli-Asmak, which runs into
the Hellespont near Cape Rhceteum, and which is not
given in the map of M. Nikola'ides.
" Lastly, he is completely wrong in his statement that
the hill of Hissarlik, where I am digging, lies at the
extreme north-eastern end of the Plain of Troy; for, as
everyone may see by a glance at the map, the Plain
extends still further to the north-east an hour and a half
in length and half an hour in breadth, and only ends at
the foot of the heights of Renko'i and the ancient city of
Ophrynium.
" It will be easily understood that, being engaged with
my superhuman works, I have not a moment to spare,
and therefore I cannot waste my precious time with idle
talk. I beg M. Nikola'ides to come to Troy, and to
convince himself with his own eyes that, in refuting his
erroneous statements, I have described all I see here before
me with the most perfect truth."