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CHAPTER XIII.
Intended cessation of the work — Further excavation of the Tower—
Layers of red ashes and calcined stones — Objects found on the
Tower — Weapons, implements, and ornaments of stone, copper,
and silver — Bones—Pottery and vases of remarkable forms —
Objects found on each side of the Tower — First rain for four
months — Thanks for escape from the constant dangers — Results
of the excavations — The site of Homer's Troy identified with that
of Greek Ilium — Error of the Bunarbashi theory — Area of the
Greek city — Depth of the accumulated debris unexampled in the
world — Multitude of interesting objects brought to light — Care in
making drawings of them all.
Pergamus of Troy, August 14th, 1872.
Since my report of the 4th of this month I have continued
the excavations with the utmost energy, but I am now
compelled to stop the works this evening, for my three
foremen and my servant, who is also my cashier, have
been seized by the malignant marsh-fever, and my wife and
I are so unwell that we are quite unable to undertake the
sole direction throughout, the day in the terrible heat or
the sun. We shall therefore leave our two wooden houses
and all our machines and implements in charge of a watch-
man, and to-morrow we shall return to Athens.
The admirers of Homer, on visiting the Pergamus or
Troy, will find that I have not only laid bare the Tower on
the south side, along the whole breadth of my trench, down
to the rock upon which it stands, at a depth of 14 meteTS
or 46^ feet, but that by my excavations on the east and
west I have uncovered it considerably further, without
having found its end. On the contrary, upon the eas
side, where it is 40 feet broad, and seems even to be
broader still, I found the ruins of a second storey, of which,
CHAPTER XIII.
Intended cessation of the work — Further excavation of the Tower—
Layers of red ashes and calcined stones — Objects found on the
Tower — Weapons, implements, and ornaments of stone, copper,
and silver — Bones—Pottery and vases of remarkable forms —
Objects found on each side of the Tower — First rain for four
months — Thanks for escape from the constant dangers — Results
of the excavations — The site of Homer's Troy identified with that
of Greek Ilium — Error of the Bunarbashi theory — Area of the
Greek city — Depth of the accumulated debris unexampled in the
world — Multitude of interesting objects brought to light — Care in
making drawings of them all.
Pergamus of Troy, August 14th, 1872.
Since my report of the 4th of this month I have continued
the excavations with the utmost energy, but I am now
compelled to stop the works this evening, for my three
foremen and my servant, who is also my cashier, have
been seized by the malignant marsh-fever, and my wife and
I are so unwell that we are quite unable to undertake the
sole direction throughout, the day in the terrible heat or
the sun. We shall therefore leave our two wooden houses
and all our machines and implements in charge of a watch-
man, and to-morrow we shall return to Athens.
The admirers of Homer, on visiting the Pergamus or
Troy, will find that I have not only laid bare the Tower on
the south side, along the whole breadth of my trench, down
to the rock upon which it stands, at a depth of 14 meteTS
or 46^ feet, but that by my excavations on the east and
west I have uncovered it considerably further, without
having found its end. On the contrary, upon the eas
side, where it is 40 feet broad, and seems even to be
broader still, I found the ruins of a second storey, of which,