. 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. 1st * See this trench marked w in the middle of Plan III. at the end of the volume, the lettersthe large trench v, to the right of point c on x-Y on this plan marking the east side of thisPlan I. (of Troy). great trench, which is indicated by the same * See No. 4, y. 28, to the right; also Sectional letters on Plan I. (of Troy). 1872.] DISCOVERY OF GREAT WALLS. 25 of July, however, I easil
. 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. 1st * See this trench marked w in the middle of Plan III. at the end of the volume, the lettersthe large trench v, to the right of point c on x-Y on this plan marking the east side of thisPlan I. (of Troy). great trench, which is indicated by the same * See No. 4, y. 28, to the right; also Sectional letters on Plan I. (of Troy). 1872.] DISCOVERY OF GREAT WALLS. 25 of July, however, I easily procured a constant supply of 150 the kindness of Mr. Charles Cookson, English Consul at Constan-tinople, I secured 10 hand-carts, which are drawn by two men and pushedby a third. I thus had 10 hand-carts and 88 wheelbarrows to work with,in addition to which I kept 6 horse-carts, each of which cost 5 francsor 4s. a day, so that the total cost of my excavations amounted to morethan 400 francs (£16) a day. Besides screw-jacks, chains and wind-lasses, my implements consisted of 24 large iron levers, 108 spades, and103 pickaxes, all of the best English manufacture. I had three capital. No. 3. The Great Tower of Ilium, seen from the The top is 8 m. (:i6 It.) below the surliice of the hill:the foundation is on the roclc, 14 51. (465 ft.) deep: the height of the Tower Is 20 0. foremen, and my wife and myself were present at the work from sunriseto sunset; but our difficulties increased continually with the dailyaugmenting distance to which we had to remove the debris. Besidesthis, the constant strong gale from the north, which drove a blindingdust into our eyes, was exceedingly troublesome. On the south side of the hill, where on account of the slight naturalslope I had to make my great trench with an inclination of 76°, I dis-covered, at a distance of 197 ft. from its entrance, a great mass of masonry,consisting of two distinct walls, each about 15 ft. broad,
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