316 Primitive Grekck : Mycenian Art. to confirm his theory that the royal tombs would be found in the acropolis, and he renewed his efforts. He had Pausanias at his fingers' ends, and remembering what he says of a "stone circle," enclosing altars, and the tomb of Opheltes at Nemaea,' Plnn ofnkar nnd tomb above it. he enlarged and deepened his trench. We may regret that before striking to the very heart of the accumulations, he did not think of making plans and photographs of the group of monuments he had cleared. In his impetuous haste to sound these depths, he neglected an important duty, and unmercifully tumbled the ground about. Three metres below he came upon a circular block of masonrj', stone built and open at the top, which ' ©^yi-ric Xiduii; Pausanias, II,
