Wood, John T.: Discoveries at Ephesus: including the site and remains of the Great Temple of Diana (London, 1877)

Result of

ihe

season's

work.

Anti-
i ] u i t i us
shipped.

We leave

for
England.

This eulogium I am only too glad to repeat here.
These men have since left the army, and the sergeant is
now working at his trade as a carpenter, while the corporal
is an attendant in the Medal Room at the British Museum.

Notwithstanding the comparatively barren results
of the season 1873-74, I had twenty-three cases
and sixty-three loose blocks of marble to send home.
Admiral Randolph entered the port of Smyrna April 8th,
with five ships of war from Athens, where he had been
detained a few days beyond the time which had been
fixed for his departure by threatened disturbances. As
Admiral Randolph's ships were not bound for either
England or Malta, I made an arrangement with Mr.
Paterson, a much-esteemed British merchant in Smyrna,
and a most kind friend of mine, for the transport of my
cases and marble blocks by one of the ships in which he
was interested as the accredited agent. Admiral Randolph
provided me with the necessary means in men, boats, and
tackle for putting the antiquities on board the merchant
vessel. Having seen this done, and having disposed of
all my plant, we made arrangements for our final depar-
ture from Smyrna, and embarked on board 11.M.S.
•Cockatrice," a small gunboat commanded by Captain
St. Clair, on the morning of April 14th, having accepted
the captain's kind offer of a passage to Constantinople on
our way to England. It may readily be believed that we
did not leave either Ephesus or Smyrna, after a sojourn
50 many years, without heartfelt regret. At Ephesus
we planted the Eucalyptusglobulosa (American gum-tree)
op the top of the spoil banks which surround the great