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DISCOVERIES AT EPHESUS.
Amount
of work
done.
1S71.
Rains.
Discovery
of the first
column
in situ.
and being a rich retired merchant, he could well afford to
spend out of his income ten thousand francs a year.
Before the close of the year I had removed about
4,000 cubic yards from the large excavation, besides sink-
ing a number of pits over the site of the Temple. We
had unusually hot weather, slight shocks of earthquake,
and rumours of a band of brigands at Ephesus, towards
the close of this month.
yannary 6.—Mr. Newton arrived this day from
England. He was delighted, on visiting the excavations
at Ephesus, to see so many proofs that the Temple had
at last been found.
This year the rains came on early. January 13th
the pavement of the Temple was under water to the
depth of 3 feet 3 inches, on the 16th as much as 4 feet 5
inches, and on the 25th it rose still higher, being then 5
feet 2 inches.
The insufficient number of our barrows, and the im-
possibility of getting any ready-made, caused some delay
with the excavations, which were now to be prosecuted
with greater vigour. The heavy rains also impeded the
progress of the work, and the damage to the railway in
several places prevented my travelling between Smyrna
and Ephesus for some days. At last, on February 6th, I
was able again to visit the works, and on that day tin;
fine base of one of the columns on the south flank was
discovered in position. A ladder was placed for me to
descend the hole ; but I was so excited, and so careless in
my hurry to get down, that I fell head foremost, much to
the amusement of the men, as I suppose it must have
DISCOVERIES AT EPHESUS.
Amount
of work
done.
1S71.
Rains.
Discovery
of the first
column
in situ.
and being a rich retired merchant, he could well afford to
spend out of his income ten thousand francs a year.
Before the close of the year I had removed about
4,000 cubic yards from the large excavation, besides sink-
ing a number of pits over the site of the Temple. We
had unusually hot weather, slight shocks of earthquake,
and rumours of a band of brigands at Ephesus, towards
the close of this month.
yannary 6.—Mr. Newton arrived this day from
England. He was delighted, on visiting the excavations
at Ephesus, to see so many proofs that the Temple had
at last been found.
This year the rains came on early. January 13th
the pavement of the Temple was under water to the
depth of 3 feet 3 inches, on the 16th as much as 4 feet 5
inches, and on the 25th it rose still higher, being then 5
feet 2 inches.
The insufficient number of our barrows, and the im-
possibility of getting any ready-made, caused some delay
with the excavations, which were now to be prosecuted
with greater vigour. The heavy rains also impeded the
progress of the work, and the damage to the railway in
several places prevented my travelling between Smyrna
and Ephesus for some days. At last, on February 6th, I
was able again to visit the works, and on that day tin;
fine base of one of the columns on the south flank was
discovered in position. A ladder was placed for me to
descend the hole ; but I was so excited, and so careless in
my hurry to get down, that I fell head foremost, much to
the amusement of the men, as I suppose it must have