CHAPTER XXI.

_Pergamus of Troy, April 16th, 1873._

Discovery of a street in the Pergamus--Three curious stone walls of different periods--Successive fortifications of the hill--Remains of ancient houses under the temple of Athena, that have suffered a great conflagration--Older house-walls below these, and a wall of fortification--Store, with the nine colossal jars--The great Altar--Objects found east of the Tower--Pottery with Egyptian hieroglyphics--Greek and other terra-cottas, &c.--Remarkable owl-vase--Handle, with an ox-head--Various very curious objects--A statue of one Metrodorus by Pytheas of Argos, with an inscription--Another Greek inscription, in honour of C. Claudius Nero 287