. Ilios : the city and country of the Trojans : the results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author. No. 76. Implemenl of Basalt; probably a Mortar.(About 1 : 5 actual size. Depth, 48 to 53 ft.) No. 77. Pestle of compact Limestone.(Half actual size. Depth, 45 to 43 ft.) Pliny ^ confirms the fact, that the grain was merely bruised and boiled topap, or eaten in form of dumplings {offae). No. 76, which is of basaltic lava, has a globularcavity, and may probably have been used as a mortar.The

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. Ilios : the city and country of the Trojans : the results of researches and discoveries on the site of Troy and throughout the Troad in the years 1871-72-73-78-79, including an autobiography of the author. No. 76. Implemenl of Basalt; probably a Mortar.(About 1 : 5 actual size. Depth, 48 to 53 ft.) No. 77. Pestle of compact Limestone.(Half actual size. Depth, 45 to 43 ft.) Pliny ^ confirms the fact, that the grain was merely bruised and boiled topap, or eaten in form of dumplings {offae). No. 76, which is of basaltic lava, has a globularcavity, and may probably have been used as a mortar.The implement No, 77 no doubt served as a pestle.Mr. Thomas Davies, F.G.S., of the British Museum, whokindly assisted me at the recommendation of my friendProfessor Nevil Story-Maskelyne, late keeper of theMineral Department in the British Museum, holds thepear-shaped pestle No. 77 to be compact limestone; itscolour is greyish mixed with yellow. The instrumentNo. 78, which seems likewise to be a pestle, is ofgranite. A mortar of granite similar to No. 76 is in theMuseum of St. Germain-en-Laye; it was found in Den-mark. M. Bertrand holds it to have been used to breakcopper ore in order to detach pieces o