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ANECDOTES CONNECTED WITH EXCAVATIONS. 103
meat on board ship. I had a long table set with chairs
round it, and after they had supped, one of the petty
officers presided over the evening's pastime, which con-
sisted of smoking, drinking their grog, and singing songs.
Some of their songs were deeply touching and sentimental;
one especially was sung with extra sentiment, but it had
what ' Jack ' would call a ' rousing chorus '; indeed, every
song had a chorus, in which, judging from the noise they
made, every one must have joined. At ten o'clock they
all turned in, and then all was quiet.
To fetch the stones from the ruins I had a strong two-
wheeled cart or truck, which was capable of taking two
tons at a time. It was really astonishing to see this cart,
manned by the sailors, drawn up steep places covered
with debris. They surmounted by their energy and deter-
mination all obstacles, and in the course of twenty-two
days they conveyed to the railway station as many stones
as the frigate could take away.
Narrow Escape from Capture by Brigands.
In the spring of the year 1869, while I was tracing the
road leading from the Magnesian gate to the temple, it
was rumoured at Ayasalouk that a band of thirteen
brigands had collected at Cosbouna, a few miles from
Ephesus. I had at that time only one cavass as a
general servant and body-guard, and I was in the habit
of riding twice a day to inspect the trial-holes which my
men were sinking in the plain to the north-east of the
city. I was habitually unarmed, and I was attended by
an unarmed groom. This had evidently been seen by
meat on board ship. I had a long table set with chairs
round it, and after they had supped, one of the petty
officers presided over the evening's pastime, which con-
sisted of smoking, drinking their grog, and singing songs.
Some of their songs were deeply touching and sentimental;
one especially was sung with extra sentiment, but it had
what ' Jack ' would call a ' rousing chorus '; indeed, every
song had a chorus, in which, judging from the noise they
made, every one must have joined. At ten o'clock they
all turned in, and then all was quiet.
To fetch the stones from the ruins I had a strong two-
wheeled cart or truck, which was capable of taking two
tons at a time. It was really astonishing to see this cart,
manned by the sailors, drawn up steep places covered
with debris. They surmounted by their energy and deter-
mination all obstacles, and in the course of twenty-two
days they conveyed to the railway station as many stones
as the frigate could take away.
Narrow Escape from Capture by Brigands.
In the spring of the year 1869, while I was tracing the
road leading from the Magnesian gate to the temple, it
was rumoured at Ayasalouk that a band of thirteen
brigands had collected at Cosbouna, a few miles from
Ephesus. I had at that time only one cavass as a
general servant and body-guard, and I was in the habit
of riding twice a day to inspect the trial-holes which my
men were sinking in the plain to the north-east of the
city. I was habitually unarmed, and I was attended by
an unarmed groom. This had evidently been seen by