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68 MODERN DISCOVERIES AT ANCIENT EPHESUS.
bought by Mr. De Cuyper, a gentleman who was engaged
in mining'operations: with the horses my faithful Nubian
groom Billal must go ; he was most unwilling to go
before we left, but stern necessity obliged him to yield,
and the poor man, who had served me faithfully for
eight years, wept bitterly when he came to say good-bye,
his heart having been touched by the kindness of his
mistress. Mr. De Cuyper also engaged about a dozen of
my workmen ; these men had been with me for years,
and they would not be persuaded to leave before we
left, although they thus sacrificed five or six days' wages ;
they said they could not go, they had their clothes to
wash. So there are a few men even among the ' unspeak-
able' Turks who have kind and impressible hearts, and
here is a small tribute to their honour.
On March 25 the works were finally suspended, much
to my regret, as I feel sure we have left much of interest
and value behind us beyond the margin of the present
excavations.
Notwithstanding the comparatively barren results of
the season 1873-74, I had twenty-three cases and sixty-
three blocks of marble ready to send home. As there
was no ship-of-war bound for either Malta or England,
this last batch of antiquities was put on board a mer-
chant vessel bound for England. Admiral Randolph,
who happened to be with his ship in the port of Smyrna,
kindly assisted me in this by the supply of men, boats,
and tackle. Having seen this done we left for England,
via Constantinople, on board H.B.M.'s ship Cockatrice.
It will readily be believed that we did not leave either
Smyrna or Ephesus without heartfelt regret, after so
many years' sojourn. As we left Ephesus, feeling it was
bought by Mr. De Cuyper, a gentleman who was engaged
in mining'operations: with the horses my faithful Nubian
groom Billal must go ; he was most unwilling to go
before we left, but stern necessity obliged him to yield,
and the poor man, who had served me faithfully for
eight years, wept bitterly when he came to say good-bye,
his heart having been touched by the kindness of his
mistress. Mr. De Cuyper also engaged about a dozen of
my workmen ; these men had been with me for years,
and they would not be persuaded to leave before we
left, although they thus sacrificed five or six days' wages ;
they said they could not go, they had their clothes to
wash. So there are a few men even among the ' unspeak-
able' Turks who have kind and impressible hearts, and
here is a small tribute to their honour.
On March 25 the works were finally suspended, much
to my regret, as I feel sure we have left much of interest
and value behind us beyond the margin of the present
excavations.
Notwithstanding the comparatively barren results of
the season 1873-74, I had twenty-three cases and sixty-
three blocks of marble ready to send home. As there
was no ship-of-war bound for either Malta or England,
this last batch of antiquities was put on board a mer-
chant vessel bound for England. Admiral Randolph,
who happened to be with his ship in the port of Smyrna,
kindly assisted me in this by the supply of men, boats,
and tackle. Having seen this done we left for England,
via Constantinople, on board H.B.M.'s ship Cockatrice.
It will readily be believed that we did not leave either
Smyrna or Ephesus without heartfelt regret, after so
many years' sojourn. As we left Ephesus, feeling it was