"Which was remarked by Homer," observed Ernest "who usually distinguishes a country by its peculiar fruit, but speaks of the earth generally as zeidoros, or grain-bearing."
"There, Willis," exclaimed Jack, "is another great admiral for you."
"An admiral, Jack?"
"It was he who led the combined fleets of Agamemnon, Diomedes, and others, to the city of Troy."
"Not in our time, I suppose?"
"How old are you, Willis?"
"Forty-seven."
"In that case it was before you entered the navy."
"I know that there is a Troy in the United States, but I did not know it was a sea-port."
"There is another in France, Willis; but the Troy I mean is, or rather was, in Asia Minor, capital of Lesser Phrygia, sometimes called Ilion, its citadel bearing the name of Pergamos."