CHAPTER IX.

_On the Hill of Hissarlik, May 23rd, 1872._

Superstition of the Greeks about saints’ days--Further engineering works--Narrow escape of six men--Ancient building on the western terrace--The ruins under this house--Old Trojan mode of building--Continued marks of higher civilization--Terra-cottas engraved with Aryan symbols: antelopes, a man in the attitude of prayer, flaming altars, hares--The symbol of the moon--Solar emblems, and rotating wheels--Remarks on former supposed inscriptions--Stone moulds for casting weapons and implements--Absence of cellars, and use of colossal jars in their stead--The quarry used for the Trojan buildings--“Un Médecin malgré lui."--Blood-letting priest-doctors--Efficacy of sea-baths--Ingratitude of the peasants cured--Increasing heat 131