. 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. ver withfine clay ; nevertheless, owing tothe oxide of iron contained intheir clay, they have a dull redcolour. They have suffered somuch from moisture, that, in spiteof every care and precaution, I could not get them out without breakingthem up completely ; but as I had collected all the fragments, I couldeasily restore both of them. The accompanying engraving,No. 59, represents the large

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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. ver withfine clay ; nevertheless, owing tothe oxide of iron contained intheir clay, they have a dull redcolour. They have suffered somuch from moisture, that, in spiteof every care and precaution, I could not get them out without breakingthem up completely ; but as I had collected all the fragments, I couldeasily restore both of them. The accompanying engraving, No. 59, represents the larger ofthe two, in which I found amongthe human ashes the bones of anembryo of six months, from whichthe entire skeleton has been re-stored by my friend, the cele-brated surgeon Aretaeos of Athens, who maintains that the preserva-tion of these small bones was onlypossible on the supposition thatthe mother had made a prematurebirth and died from its effect;that her body was burnt, and theunburnt embryo put with herashes into the funeral urn, whereI found it. No. 58. Pretty lustrous-black Pitcher of Tcrra-cofta, with three female breasts and incised linear patterns. (Nearly half actual size. Depth, 52 ft.). No. 59. Trip id Urn, containing human ashes and the bones of an embryo. (About 1 : 8 actual size. Depth, 51ift. No. 60 is the engraving of a large common hand-made vase with two handles, the originalbrick colour of its clay having acquired a brownish hue by age. No. 61is a small hand-made red vase cf a very curious shape. No. 62 is a 228 THE FIEST PRE-HISTOEIC CITY. [Chap. V. hand-made lustrous-black bowl, without tubular holes for suspension;bowls of this description are very common in the first city.