Wood, John T.: Modern discoveries on the site of ancient Ephesus (London, 1890)

CHAPTER VII.

Anecdotes and Incidents connected with
the Excavations.

An Illustration of Biblical References.

The removal of the stones from the peribolus wall to
the railway station was effected by a bullock-cart drawn
by two bullocks, which were yoked to it with some diffi-
culty. One of the animals resisted furiously. The yoke,
the goad, and the stony ground of Scripture are all to
be found at Ephcsus. In ploughing, the bullocks are
yoked together, and are driven by a goad or long sharp-
pointed rod ; while the stony ground pervades the whole
of the ruins of the city and suburbs, small fragments of
marble being so thick on the ground that it is impossible
to avoid slipping on them.

Fall from the Great Theatre.

In the course of the summer of 1866, during which I
found it impossible to retain any workmen for a week
together, I made a survey of the city, and I measured
carefully all the public buildings. In measuring the
Great Theatre one day I was taking a dimension with
the assistance of my trusty cavass Edrise, and standing