. Ilios : the city and country of the Trojans : the results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author. employ baskets, and, when the depth of the shaft had reached 13 ft., toerect a wooden triangle (called by builders shear-legs), by means of whichthe earth was drawn out in baskets with windlasses. In the accompanyingengraving, No. 1515, this tumulus is represented from the north side, 660 THE HEROIC TUMULI IN THE TROAD. [Chap. XII. wMch has, according to M. Burnoufs measurement, a perpendi
. Ilios : the city and country of the Trojans : the results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author. employ baskets, and, when the depth of the shaft had reached 13 ft., toerect a wooden triangle (called by builders shear-legs), by means of whichthe earth was drawn out in baskets with windlasses. In the accompanyingengraving, No. 1515, this tumulus is represented from the north side, 660 THE HEROIC TUMULI IN THE TROAD. [Chap. XII. wMch has, according to M. Burnoufs measurement, a perpendicularheight of 68 ft. 6 in. ; its greatest height of 83 ft. is on the east side, itslowest of 53ft. Sin. on the west side. Another engraving, No. 1516,. Ne. 1516. The ScamanJer below the coiiBuencj of the Thynibiius ; in the background the Tumulus of Ujelc Tepeh. represents the tumulus of Ujek Tepet as seen from the confluence cf theScamander and Thymbrius. The excavations of both Ujek Tepeh and Besika Tepeh were conductedby my able engineer Mr. M. Gorkiewicz. The first day I could only workthe shaft in Ujek Tepeh with four labourers, but I had to increase thenumber daily as we went deeper, until I had twelve workmen, whichremained the number of hands in the shaft to the end.^ I struck, at a depth of 2 ft. 8 in. below the summit, a wall whichconsists alternately of roughly-hewn stones, large and small, from 1 3 ft. long and from 8 in. to 1 ft. 6 in, thick, cemented with a quantityof clay; and, as visitors will see, by a most lucky chance this wall wasdiscovered exactly on the west side of my shaft, so that it was no obstacleto me. Its direction is from north to south. Having dug through thelayer of ashes, I struck alternately la
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