^{page 4 note *} Since the above was written, I am glad to learn that, in Melos at any rate, the policy of the Government has already undergone a salutary change; after several months of fruitless negotiations between the British School and a refractory proprietor, the Ephor General at last decided not only to arbitrate, but to refund the sum paid (this year) by the British School for expropriation. This is indeed a welcome change of front: let us hope he may not weary of well-doing.

^{page 6 note *} The telegram was as follows: — Οὐδεμία ἀπολύτως ἀνασκαφἠ ἐπιτρἐπεται ἐν ἰδιωτικαῖς κτήμασι πλῆν ἐν τῷ κτήματι τῆς Σοφίας Γ. Καβαλλιέρου τῆς διὰ συμβολαίου παρατιθείσης ὑπὲρ τοῦ κρατοῦς ὲπὶ παντὸς δικαιώματος ἐπὶ τῶν εὑρεθἑντων ἀρχαίων (signed) Καββαδίας. The Draconian simplicity of this rendered misunderstanding impossible.

^{page 7 note *} For a description of these “natürliche Badebassins,” see Ehrenburg, Die Inselgruppe von Milos, p. 70: there is no evidence, however, that the “Treppe” which he there mentions is ancient. One such creek, hard by the citadel, is so regular in form as to suggest, at first sight, artificial cutting: with its gradually sloping bottom of fine sand, and its ledged sides, nature seems to have designed it especially as a haven and careening-place for such boats as a primitive people would employ. It is possible that this or some similar creek may indeed have served the early folk of Phylakopi, seeing that there is no other suitable landing anywhere near. It served our purpose as an admirable “Badebassin” during our stay.

^{page 8 note *} On the surface of the eastern slope a boy of Rhylakopi had picked up two fragments of a fine cup in striated alabaster, which were bought by us and are now in the Museum of the School at Athens.

^{page 9 note *} Cf. the table of comparative areas of the four Acropoleis of Mycenæ, Athens, Tiryns, and Troy, arranged by Belger in Phil. Wochenschr., 1891, p. 1155.

^{page 12 note *} The occurrence of this metal in a primitive stratum is important, as its employment in this period has been questioned. See post, p. 50.

^{page 14 note *} See the comparative table of such walls given by Noack, in Ath. Mitth., 1894 (xix), p. 428.Google Scholar

^{page 15 note *} For these “salles en contrebas,” cf. also Ridder, De in Bull. Corr. Hell, xviii (1894) p 81Google Scholar, note 5.

^{page 15 note †} Cf. the tower at Troy measuring 18 m. by 9 m., which had within it the well and a door with staircase leading to it (Ath. Mitth. 1894, p. 390): also a stairway of the same period at Goulas, in Crete (Mon. Ant. 1895, P. 262. fig. 72), but this is hewn out of the rock.

^{page 18 note *} Also at Mycenæ, see Tsountas, Μυκῆναι p. 37: and at Gha (Arné), Ridder, De in B.C.H. xviii. (1894), p. 285.Google Scholar

^{page 20 note *} See the publications by Myres, J. L. in Proceedings Soc. Ant. 2nd S., vol. xv., Pl. i—iv.Google Scholar; and by Mariani in Mon. Ant. vi., p. 333, Pl. 9.

^{page 22 note *} Probably by Dr. Philippson. It does not appear to be mentioned in Ehrenburg's chapter on the “Petrographie” of Melos (op. cit. p. 98).

^{page 23 note *} Petrie, Naqada, Pl. xxxvi; De Morgan, Tombeau preh. de Neg. p. 90, Figs. 235—7.

^{page 24 note *} See Otis Mason, Origins of Invention, p. 363, Fig. 72.

^{page 24 note †} H.N. xxiv. 4c.

^{page 25 note *} Cf. Pliny, , H.N. vii, 57, 15Google Scholar; xxxiv, 156. The design figured in Tsountas and Manatt, p. 333, fig. 158, is not a boat, but a floral pattern.

^{page 26 note *} This publication is only preliminary: it is intended to give a more adequate reproduction at an early date.

^{page 26 note †} On this point Blinkenberg remarks (op. cit. p. 54) that, the faces of male and female being in the marble idols rendered exactly alike, it is probable that the men were clean shaved. The argument is not convincing, especially when we reflect that the hair of the head is not marked (or at least not now visible) on any known example: and that much may have been done to indicate these details by colour. If the men of this race wished to shave, doubtless (as Blinkenberg says) the obsidian knives would suffice. In one of the Pelos tombs (see post, p. 41) Mr. Edgar found an obsidian flake cut, apparently by design, into a semicircular form, which may represent a razor.

^{page 27 note *} Perdrizet B.C.H. xxi., p. 169.

^{page 27 note †} Cf. Acrh. Anzeiger, 1892, p. 48, No. 62.

^{page 28 note *} E.g. Blinkenberg, p. 12.

^{page 28 note †} See, however, J.H.S. v., p. 50, Figs. 3—4.

^{page 28 note ‡} J.H.S. v., p. 50., Figs. 5, 7, 8.

^{page 28 note §} One such, unpublished, is in the British Museum.

^{page 28 note ║} Cf. Arch. Anzeiger, 1892, p. 48, No. 62.

^{page 28 note ¶} The attenuated type of figure seems to have lasted a long time in Melos. The Apollo published in B.C.H. 1892, Pl. xvi, is a striking instance. I hope shortly to publish other early Melian sculptures in which the same characteristic occurs.

^{page 29 note *} It is curious that the same dolichocephalism has been remarked in skulls of the Stone Age from Egypt, as well as other characteristics which recall the “island” type. “En effet, bien que les autres signes ne concordent pas, l'abaissement du plan du trou occipital, la forme du nez, ne peuvent manquer de donner l'idée qu'il s'agit d'un échantillon de la race noire”; but there is other evidence showing this to be impossible (De Morgan, Recherches; L'Age de pierre, appendix on the skulls of El' Amrah, p. 269).