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the application of the small measures, in inches and feet, is as 

 natural to us as if these units of measure had been used by the 

 ancient builders, and seems to comfirm the measures reported of 

 the large works in the open. 



The extreme antiquity of the works is marked by the frail 

 decayed condition of the bony structure of the remains, and this 

 is to be emphasized because of their perfect protection from chem- 

 ical disintegration and other wear since the time of their deposit. 

 To somewhat illustrate the duration of bony structure : Schlieman, 

 at the Agora in ancient Mycenae, found the tomb of Agamemnon 

 containing several remains. The bodies had been carefully 

 interred and protected, partly by gold masks. "The bones and 

 even the skulls had been preserved ; but these latter had suffered so 

 much from the moisture that' none of them could be taken out 

 entire." The Trojan war has been estimated at about 1700 B. C. , 

 or about 3600 years ago. The remains in the ancient mounds, 

 such as those of the mound in question, are too much reduced to 

 dust for preservation, save the jaw bones and teeth. 



