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Ch. XIV. 1872.] DAMAGE TO THE WORKS. 2,2,1
the construction of a belfry in the Christian village of
Yenishehr, and for building houses in the Turkish village
of Chiplak. I, of course, packed him off directly, and
engaged in his place a watchman whom I armed with a
musket. He had the reputation of. being honest, and his
physical strength will inspire the pilferers of the stones with
respect. What vexed me most was, that these thieves had
even laid their hands upon the splendid bastion of the time
of Lysimachus, which I had uncovered on the south side of
the hill; they had made off with two large stones from it,
and the bastion would assuredly have vanished entirely had
I been away a week longer.
I also regret to see that the downpour of rain on the
14th of August has filled the great cutting, which I made
on the south side of the Tower, in order to bring the Tower
to light down as far as the rock upon which it is built, with
dibris to a height of 1 meters (6i feet). So, immediately
upon my arrival, I engaged 20 workmen, 10 of whom are
busy in clearing the south side of the Tower as far as the
primary soil, in wheeling away the dibris, and in building
in front of the cutting a wall of large blocks of stone,
through which the rain-water can escape, but not the
ddbris that may be washed down.
I have now had an opportunity of convincing myself
that the rain does not harm the Tower, for it disappears
directly to the right and left of it in the loose ddbris. Of
the other ten workmen, six are occupied in repairing the
walls which have been destroyed or injured by wanton
hands, while the other four are working in order to lay
bare as far as possible an exceedingly remarkable wall,
which rises at an angle of 40 degrees at the depth of 15^
meters (504 feet) and at 434 yards from the edge of the
hill, on the site of the temple, exactly 6£ feet below the
Trojan wall which I there brought to light. (See p. 200.)
As I have before remarked, the strata of ddbris, which run
obliquely to the north below that Trojan wall, prove that
the construction of a belfry in the Christian village of
Yenishehr, and for building houses in the Turkish village
of Chiplak. I, of course, packed him off directly, and
engaged in his place a watchman whom I armed with a
musket. He had the reputation of. being honest, and his
physical strength will inspire the pilferers of the stones with
respect. What vexed me most was, that these thieves had
even laid their hands upon the splendid bastion of the time
of Lysimachus, which I had uncovered on the south side of
the hill; they had made off with two large stones from it,
and the bastion would assuredly have vanished entirely had
I been away a week longer.
I also regret to see that the downpour of rain on the
14th of August has filled the great cutting, which I made
on the south side of the Tower, in order to bring the Tower
to light down as far as the rock upon which it is built, with
dibris to a height of 1 meters (6i feet). So, immediately
upon my arrival, I engaged 20 workmen, 10 of whom are
busy in clearing the south side of the Tower as far as the
primary soil, in wheeling away the dibris, and in building
in front of the cutting a wall of large blocks of stone,
through which the rain-water can escape, but not the
ddbris that may be washed down.
I have now had an opportunity of convincing myself
that the rain does not harm the Tower, for it disappears
directly to the right and left of it in the loose ddbris. Of
the other ten workmen, six are occupied in repairing the
walls which have been destroyed or injured by wanton
hands, while the other four are working in order to lay
bare as far as possible an exceedingly remarkable wall,
which rises at an angle of 40 degrees at the depth of 15^
meters (504 feet) and at 434 yards from the edge of the
hill, on the site of the temple, exactly 6£ feet below the
Trojan wall which I there brought to light. (See p. 200.)
As I have before remarked, the strata of ddbris, which run
obliquely to the north below that Trojan wall, prove that