CHAPTER XV.

_Pergamus of Troy, February 22nd, 1873._

Return to Hissarlik in 1873--Interruptions by holydays and weather--Strong cold north winds--Importance of good overseers--An artist taken to draw the objects found--Want of workmen--Excavations on the site of the Temple--Blocks of Greek sculptured marble--Great increase of the hill to the east--Further portions of the great Trojan wall--Traces of fire--A terra-cotta hippopotamus, a sign of intercourse with Egypt--Idols and owl-faced vases--Vases of very curious forms--Whorls--Sling-bullets of copper and stone--Piece of ornamented ivory belonging to a musical instrument--New cutting from S.E to N.W.--Walls close below the surface--Wall of Lysimachus--Monograms on the stones--An inscription in honour of Caius Cæsar--Patronage of Ilium by the Julii as the descendants of Æneas--Good wine of the Troad 224