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ANECDOTES CONNECTED WITH EXCAVATIONS. 123
ated its seriousness. A great fight, they said, had taken
place among my workmen, and numbers had been killed
and wounded, and the fight was still going on ; that
soldiers had been sent for from Aidin to prevent further
hostilities, &c, &c. On hearing this news, I hesitated
to take Mrs. Wood with me, but she determined to go,
saying that her services to the wounded might be of
more use than usual. Miss Constance Cumberbatch,
who accompanied us that morning, also decided to go
out and assist. On arriving at Ayasalouk we found the
rooms at the station and part of the station platform
occupied by the wounded, the Turks and Greeks having
been carefully separated. One poor man, a Turk, was
on the platform with a large splinter in his forehead,
which I tried in vain to extract, and it was only removed
next day by a surgeon from H.M.S. Swiftsure, who had
to use a strong arm and powerful forceps. The Greek
priest, who had been chiefly the cause of the fight, had
been cudgeled from head to foot, and his lamentations
over his hard fate were loud and bitter, and another
sufferer had three broken ribs. Fortunately, no knives
had been used, so there had been no stabbing, and there-
fore no loss of life. One hundred soldiers had been sent
from Aidin, and the Kaimachan of Scala Nova and the
Deputy-Governor of Aidin had come to investigate the
affair. Those of my workmen who had not been arrested,
or who had taken no part in the fight, were found at the
excavations methodically digging and wheeling, as if
nothing had happened. A hasty glance from some of
them, to see how the affair had affected me, was all that
I could detect.
The soldiers had unfortunately not brought bread with
ated its seriousness. A great fight, they said, had taken
place among my workmen, and numbers had been killed
and wounded, and the fight was still going on ; that
soldiers had been sent for from Aidin to prevent further
hostilities, &c, &c. On hearing this news, I hesitated
to take Mrs. Wood with me, but she determined to go,
saying that her services to the wounded might be of
more use than usual. Miss Constance Cumberbatch,
who accompanied us that morning, also decided to go
out and assist. On arriving at Ayasalouk we found the
rooms at the station and part of the station platform
occupied by the wounded, the Turks and Greeks having
been carefully separated. One poor man, a Turk, was
on the platform with a large splinter in his forehead,
which I tried in vain to extract, and it was only removed
next day by a surgeon from H.M.S. Swiftsure, who had
to use a strong arm and powerful forceps. The Greek
priest, who had been chiefly the cause of the fight, had
been cudgeled from head to foot, and his lamentations
over his hard fate were loud and bitter, and another
sufferer had three broken ribs. Fortunately, no knives
had been used, so there had been no stabbing, and there-
fore no loss of life. One hundred soldiers had been sent
from Aidin, and the Kaimachan of Scala Nova and the
Deputy-Governor of Aidin had come to investigate the
affair. Those of my workmen who had not been arrested,
or who had taken no part in the fight, were found at the
excavations methodically digging and wheeling, as if
nothing had happened. A hasty glance from some of
them, to see how the affair had affected me, was all that
I could detect.
The soldiers had unfortunately not brought bread with