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CONTENTS.

coëval with Troy! Long duration of the second settlers Their Aryan descent proved by Aryan symbols Various forms of their pottery Vases in the form of animals The whorls of this stratum Their interesting devices Copper weapons and implements, and moulds for casting them Terra-cotta seals Bracelets and ear-rings, of silver, gold, and electrum Pins, &c., of ivory and bone Fragments of a lyre Various objects.
The third stratum: the remains of an Aryan race Hardly a trace of metal Structure of their houses Their stone implements and terra-cottas coarser Various forms of pottery Remarkable terra-cotta balls with astronomical and religious symbols Whorls Stone weapons Whetstones Hammers and instruments of diorite A well belonging to this people This third town destroyed with its people.
The fourth settlers: comparatively savage, but still of Aryan race Whorls with like emblems, but of a degenerate form Their pottery inferior, but with some curious forms Idols of Athena Articles of copper Few stones Charred remains, indicating wooden buildings Stone weights, handmills, and knives and saws of flint With this people the pre-Hellenic ages end The stone buildings and painted and plain terra-cottas of Greek Ilium Date of the Greek colony Signs that the old. inhabitants were not extirpated The whorls of very coarse clay and patterns Well, and jars for water and wine Proofs of the regular succession of nations on the hill Reply to the arguments of M. Nikolaïdes for the site at Bunarbashi The Simoïs, Thymbrius, and Scamander The tomb of Ajax at In-Tépé Remains in it Temple of Ajax and town of Aianteum Tomb of Achilles and town of Achilleum Tombs of Patroclus and Antilochus The Greek camp The tomb of Batiea or Myrina Further discussion of the site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		143
CHAPTER XI.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, July 13th, 1872.
Increase of men and machinery and cost on the works: but slow progress Continued hurricane on "the windy Ilium" (Ίλιος ήνεμόεσσα) The great platform proves too high New cutting Excavation of the temple Objects found Greek statuettes in terra-cotta Many whorls with 卍 and suns Wheel-shaped whorls with simple patterns in the lowest strata Terra-cotta balls with suns and stars Use of the whorls as amulets or coins discussed Little bowls, probably lamps Other articles of pottery Funnels A terra-cotta bell Various beautiful terra-cottas Attempts at forgery by the workmen Mode of naming the men The springs in front of Ilium Question of Homer's hot and cold spring Course of the Simoïs The tomb of Batiea or Myrina identified with the Pacha Tépé Theatre of Lysimachus Heat and wind Plague of insects and scorpions Konstantinos Kolobos, a native genius without feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		184
CHAPTER XII.
Pergamus of Troy, August 4th, 1872.
Discovery of an ancient wall on the northern slope Discovery of a Tower on the south side Its position and construction It is Homer's Great . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .