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 MvCEN^. 305 the defenders from agonizing thirst. The engraving (Fig. 95) represents the opening of the passage in question. Stone steps, Fig. 91.— Relative siie of four acropoles : i, Mycenae ; 2, Troy ; 3, Tiryns ; 4, Athens. eleven of which were cut in the wall, and other twenty-three in the flank of the hill, led to a square basin one metre eighty-four centi- metres at the side, and three metres seventy centimetres deep. Earthenware pipes, of Hellenistic or Roman times, were laid Fig. 93. — Mycenie wall. down at the outlet to convey the water where required. They show traces of frequent repairs ; the folk settled on the site of the old town were naturally interested in keeping the conduits in VOL. I. X