I naturally have no leisure here, and I have only been able to write the above because it is raining heavily, and therefore no work can be done. On the next rainy day I shall report further on the progress of my excavations.
CHAPTER II.
Number of workmen—Discoveries at 2 to 4 meters deep—Greek coins—Remarkable terra-cottas with small stamps, probably Ex votos—These cease, and are succeeded by the whorls—Bones of sharks, shells of mussels and oysters, and pottery—Three Greek Inscriptions—The splendid panoramic view from Hissarlik—The Plain of Troy and the heroic tumuli—Thymbria: Mr. Frank Calvert’s Museum—The mound of Chanaï Tépé—The Scamander and its ancient bed—Valley of the Simoïs, and ruins of Ophrynium.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, October 26th, 1871.