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CONTENTS.

the whorls in great number Conjectures as to their uses: probably Ex votos Priapi of stone and terra-cotta: their worship brought by the primitive Aryans from Bactria Vessels with the owl's face Boars' tusks Various implements and weapons of stone Hand mill-stones Models of canoes in terra-cotta Whetstones The one object of the excavations, to find Troy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		75
CHAPTER IV.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, November 18th, 1871.
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 mill-stones Numerous house-walls Construction of the great cutting Fever and quinine Wounds and arnica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		81
CHAPTER V.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, November 24th, 1871.
Interruptions from Rain Last works of the season, 1871 The supposed ruins of Troy reached Great blocks of stone Engineering contrivances Excavations at the "Village of the Ilians:" no traces of habitation, and none of hot springs Results of the excavations thus far Review of the objects found at various depths Structure of the lowest houses yet reached Difficulties of the excavations The object aimed at Growth of the Hill of Hissarlik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		90
WORK AT HISSARLIK IN 1872.
CHAPTER VI.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, April 5th, 1872.
New assistants for 1872 Cost of the excavations Digging of the great platform on the North Venomous snakes A supporting buttress on the North side of the hill Objects discovered: little idols of fine marble Whorls engraved with the suastika (symbol characters) and 卍 Significance of these emblems in the old Aryan religion Their occurrence among other Aryan nations Mentioned in old Indian literature Illustrative quotation from Emile Burnouf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		98
CHAPTER VII.
On the Hill of Hissarlik, April 25th, 1872.
Smoking at work forbidden, and a mutiny suppressed Progress of the great platform Traces of sacrifices Colossal blocks of stone belonging to great buildings Funereal and other huge urns Supposed traces of Assyrian art Ancient undisturbed remains Further discoveries of stone implements and owl-faced idols Meaning of the epithet "γλανκώπις" Parallel of Ήρα βοώπις, and expected discovery of ox-headed idols at Mycenæ Vases of remarkable forms Dangers and engineering