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in 35, a gutter cut into the virgin floor will merit further observations after the bath and tea, we proceed to the opening of the slab in trench 26. the external appearance is excellent because the small lateral wedging stones are still in place. violent surprise when the slab tips over. having doubtless, for a reason still unknown, undergone a strong thrust from within; it rests on a slope of fine earth blocking the entrance. two crushed pots cause the search for explanations to be interrupted, and an excavation which seems likely to be long.
Drawing: cross-section of a dromos with a tilted slab resting on a mound of fill; labels: schema supposé; dromos; N; poussée?
21h30. excellent military joke. the forces (only a few representatives) of Her Most Gracious Majesty surround the house, and this brilliant operation makes them discover Aitken knife in hand, and some unfortunate Frenchmen half dozing.
65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain