The New York herald., 1872-12-21

the small cup Is joined to a saucer 8 centime-
tres in diameter and which has three crooked feet
and two holes. How this was used Is not apparent,
for there is no hole in the cup the two holes In
the saucer cannot have suficed for the suspension
@ found W few w fragments % Of ifts ssrraeot9a, SRs,
with painted ornaments; except these there
as0I was no trace OF color With any other pre-,
ruins are at q depth Of ten TO seven metres, and
here only the single instance OF that huge goblet of
Which ' has UNIFORM bright red sA Color. For s the
most partthe Trojan terracottas are indestructible
proved destructive. Ifound on the virgin soi small
domestic burial place formed by three stones and
m Two ni nhan sn ess S
been 80 affected BY the damp soil that with the
utmost care could not take them out without
put these together though have all the pieces.
Beside the double goblet also found in the lower
at the bottom, so that the vessel can only be put
down on Its mouth. Similar goblets in great num-
bers are at a depth Of nom seven to ten metres.
except that instead OF single handle they have o
double one in the form OF q crown.
In the Trojan ruins proper also found weights
beautifully polished implements In the form OF
wedges OF splendid transparent green stone, be-
ses in WITH hole thTouSh the
large discs OF granite is centimetres in dia-
meter, with q hole through the centre; nat pieces
bone. At the same depth found large masses OF
bones, boar teeth, small shells and shark bones,
WHICH. naVlu8 Ueeu tuIOWQ lutO the court yarUS,
were in that way, perhaps, preserved from the fire.
WHO CANE NExTi
The Trojans disappeared with the destruction OF
sSs city % In the nome Of the late Of a
as they made; nor in the late terra
splendid, graceful and fantastic pottery made BY
the people OF Priam. On the site OF the ruined city
new settlers OF another civilization and different
habits and customs built new city, and only the
foundations OF their houses consisted OF stones
joined with clay; all the walls above were Of un-
burned brick. Visitors to the Plain Of Troy Will
see In my excavations, at depth OF seven to ten
metres, many Of these walls turned into one solid
connagraton. but each single brick can stin be seen
SUMMARY OF MATERIAL RESULTS.
This, In addition to the wall above described
only fragments Of urns, vases, goblets, plates and
bowls Of wonderful execution as mournful monu-
ments Of nation whose glory is immortal.
HEROES OF HoMER'S THIRD EPIC.
Ny account OF these ruins would be incomplete
without the addition OF q remarkable circumstance.
Amongst the great stones at q depth OF twelve and
sixteen metres found many large toads, and at
q depth OF twelve metres one small viper. Pro-
baby the viper may have reached this depth from
the Surface but this E out OF question for the toads
which, therefore, must have been where found
with strange sensation that one looks upon living
creatures who were the contemporaries Of Hector
and Andromache, though they be only toads.
WHAT THR RUINS TELL OF THE TRoJANS
Until last week the only Trojan symbol I had
found In all my explorations was the sun, and this
IL then seemed to me, might almost as wen be no
at M IN on Is SSS and
doubt as to what race the Trojan people belonged.
But last week found . large number OF SYM
bols which enable me to say with certainty that
THE SYMBOLS FOUND.
The cross, and that cognate symbol, which may
be described as o cross with crotchet At the end
OF each limb at right angles with the limb