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EXPLORATION OF THE SITE OF THE TEMPLE. 55
these are re-erected in the British Museum, with a portion
of the fluted shaft belonging to it. Now that these
important remains had come to light, the Turks began
to understand to a certain extent the object of the
excavations.
On February ic, I reported to the Trustees that I had
cleared out 38,500 cubic yards from the site of the temple,
at a total cost of about £4,000. This was about one
third of the work required to be done to clear out the
whole of the temple site. An average of about 150 men
were employed on the excavations in the course of this
season, my grant being limited to a fixed amount, which
did not admit of the employment of a greater number.
Although by March, 1872, I had been greatly dis-
appointed to find that the early Christians had done
their best to destroy every vestige of the temple, I
had found sufficient to encourage the hope that the
Trustees would apply to the Treasury for another
grant to continue the excavations. I estimated that
£6,000 would be needed to clear out the whole of the
site of the temple, and to a certain distance beyond
it. As it was doubtful whether my firman would be
renewed, I was ordered to suspend the works at the end
of April, or until the firman was renewed.
As the excavations proceeded we re-opened many
deep holes which I had sunk on the site of the temple
several years before its discovery. These happened to
be in places where no remains were discovered to indicate
the site, and they had been refilled, according to the
conditions of my firman, in order that the land might be
cultivated.
On resuming work in September, 1872, near the western
these are re-erected in the British Museum, with a portion
of the fluted shaft belonging to it. Now that these
important remains had come to light, the Turks began
to understand to a certain extent the object of the
excavations.
On February ic, I reported to the Trustees that I had
cleared out 38,500 cubic yards from the site of the temple,
at a total cost of about £4,000. This was about one
third of the work required to be done to clear out the
whole of the temple site. An average of about 150 men
were employed on the excavations in the course of this
season, my grant being limited to a fixed amount, which
did not admit of the employment of a greater number.
Although by March, 1872, I had been greatly dis-
appointed to find that the early Christians had done
their best to destroy every vestige of the temple, I
had found sufficient to encourage the hope that the
Trustees would apply to the Treasury for another
grant to continue the excavations. I estimated that
£6,000 would be needed to clear out the whole of the
site of the temple, and to a certain distance beyond
it. As it was doubtful whether my firman would be
renewed, I was ordered to suspend the works at the end
of April, or until the firman was renewed.
As the excavations proceeded we re-opened many
deep holes which I had sunk on the site of the temple
several years before its discovery. These happened to
be in places where no remains were discovered to indicate
the site, and they had been refilled, according to the
conditions of my firman, in order that the land might be
cultivated.
On resuming work in September, 1872, near the western