, 1876-11-22
DON rEI)ls0.
Tho Emperor Of Brazi1 Mt Troy.

Tho Emperor Of 13raz'1 Mt Troy.
london 7fn,fs. Sor. @.
= DR.. HcElfenann writcs To us under date the
Dartlanellcs, Uet. II:
Having becn olllciallly requested BY the
Turkish Government to Gattcn 70 Tho Ilcl!ns-
i,mlro il. 10 the Troad, | icn NY NY excavations 1T
Mycene TN the 9th, aud arrived here
IN Frtday, The 18TH inst: Thc En-
peror arrived OH, su,niny, the 18th Inst,
Imperialec, Of wl'lel Capt. Tctsls ia the tt.n-
EreBs, tiie Comtesso sle isarral, tho ViaroM1r dc
l}oul Retro, tho Cumte.le uotinra,l, now French
ming, young 0erinal scholar, whose x*fupn.
tion Is to assist thu Enpcror in Ills bsicntit. r.
scarchcs. The Empress not being al,le to stand
The fatigue of lung rides, size nt! The Golntes:e
lirun, wtlesc tile Austrian Consul, Mr. y.
Xanthopoulos, Ind prepared apartments for thu
exalted visitors. lIad tic honor 0f accompany.
inE the Emperor and the rest Of tic party Ivy
81 the scamatnler. where horses stood ready for
all Of us. Tile 0ovcrror.Icneral ot the Arc!,!-
peaEo had sent Ills first tfsayoman and political
agent, N. Dldytnos, us well aa Colonel mil Il
strong current Of the Hc1iesimnt, hfa Majesty
remarked tl!at, were It not for This CURRENT the
alluvia OF tho scanlandar would lnng since have
As!a by q new istllsnus. 11aying left to our rght
the tunult which tho tradition Of antiquity na-
cutes rs the toInbs Of Achilles mid Fatrurlas, we
forlcd tho scann,ldar, which has at preacut
but li.tlo watcr, 1t not having taine.l
to tho village Of Kuu,n-kol, where showed to
Ills Majesty the ancient bed gf tho Scuinaidcr,
now called kalifatll.us,,nls, and tie still very
deep ancient he'd Of the simnis, now called
Dunlbrek.snll, which formerly lowed here By II
right angie into the srn,npnlcr, whereas now,
llaving heen made 10 branch ulf Into several
canaels to scrye numerous waterfalls, it forns
Immense and always impassablc swa'nps. At
Hissnrlk his Majesty examined my excavations
with the very deepest interest, anil delighted
the company 'by lii citations from the iiiad,'
WHICH he appcaFa to know alIHust entirely by
heart. All tllc Indications Which Homer gives
for the Topography OF 1tYm were present. ii, Its
mind, ant lie found that on tho wllolc the stun
tion of Ilissaslik agreed with them; but in lis
opinion, the two large springs, The sources Ut
tic Scalnan1cr, the one with hot, tile u1Irr with
Achilles, were NECESSARY 10 cstaGlIsh the iicti-
tity. Al these two springs of hot and col.l
water from wl.icll tic sSalnun,ter originates
exist not here. but at d distance Of sixty miles,
near tic summit VI Mount Ida, TIC Emperor
wtls reluctant 10 give ut onre lis deeisou Il. tt,
tic I,lcntty of Itissarlik with il4c liol.lcric
Hum. uin auitc 1T Il loss to SAY which astui.-
Islled me more, the Emperor's sdscplearningorli
tSS ts dste ss 10 ts s Il wa efsS sa s
Srran tatc, Ind no difficulty IN showing to his
Majesty that nl.s,gc to tlIG ,,t,yth of t(e gate
really cxisls, u1.l tlat II is boeked up, not by
wall Ut stones, butby the rubbish which hid left
IN stu merely in order to prove that the large
mansion to thu north Of the gate Is oycruiA by
posterior prehistoric palace, ptnuse lad
bcun ufraid tlut my statements woulti otherwise
meet Will, 1nrretiilitty. When afterwards VIC
came 10 the bucritirill altar, shuwul TO Tie
Emperor tho remnants oe its pedestal Of TN
burnt bricks, which had been DESTROYED by