CHAPTER IV.
Another passage from the Stone Age to copper implements mixed with stone—The signs of a higher civilization increase with the depth reached—All the implements are of better workmanship—Discovery of supposed inscriptions—Further discussion of the use of the whorls—Troy still to be reached—Fine terra-cotta vessels of remarkable forms—Great numbers of stone weights and hand millstones—Numerous house-walls—Construction of the great cutting—Fever and quinine—Wounds and arnica.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, November 18th, 1871.