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has been fortunate enough to fall in with them. He, in the most 

 praiseworthy manner, undertook the labour of making a cast of the 

 most perfect one, instead of carrying off the original in the way too 

 often practised by eastern visitors. 



It appears to relate to Sesostris or Rameses II., who lived, according 

 to Dr. Pritchard, 1007 years from the commencement of the Egyptian 

 era. The principal feature in it is the figure of a monarch, with a 

 sceptre in one hand, and a dove in the other, of which, however, only 

 the tail remains. The dove was the standard of the Assyrians, hence, 

 in the Bible it is represented as an oppressor. Over the dove are 7 

 orbs, which are the seven stars the pleiades, the Succoth-penneth, 

 or tents of the daughters in Scripture, called genial and exhilirating 

 stars, and are shedding their influence over the dove. 



The face of the monarch is towards the east, and the stars are 

 placed on the east of the monument, rising with Aldebaran. Two 

 larger orbs represent the sun and moon, supplied with wings similar 

 to the sculptures of Persepolis. There is still another star which is 

 probably Venus, the morning star. Mr. Landseer from these and 

 similar data, concludes that this monument was sculptured in the 

 time of Pelassar or Salmanassar, twenty-five centuries ago. Another 

 monument of which a drawing by Benomi was exhibited, contains on 

 its margin the hieroglyphical name of Sesostris, identical with that 

 which exists on the table of Abydos. The sculpture represents the 

 figure of a man holding a bow in his right hand and a battle-axe in 

 his left, in the act of offering prisoners to a deity. Herodotus des- 

 cribes an Ionian monument almost identical with this. Another of 

 the monuments observed near Sidon, relates the circumstance of 

 Antoninus having altered the road along the coast, the former road 

 having been at a greater elevation. 



In the course of his lecture Mr. Landseer displayed an intimate 

 acquaintance with sacred and profane history, and shewed that his 

 mind was keenly alive to the refinements of literature. In some of 

 the poetic flights in which he frequently indulged, we were brought 

 back to those ancient times, when the kindly influences of the hea- 

 venly orbs presided over human destinies, and the descriptions might 

 have almost induced the sanguine to regret, that such mysterious 

 days have passed away. 



III. — Pharmaceutical Preparations . 



1. Antacid Lozenges. — This preparation may be made as fol- 

 lows : — Take 33 oz. 34 dr. of pounded sugar ; Sesquicarbonate of soda, 

 1 oz. 7i dr. ; Mucilage of gum-arabic, 5£ oz. Mix the sugar and the 

 sesquicarbonate in a mortar, add the mucilage, which may be mixed 

 with a little conserve of roses, oil of peppermint, or orange-flower 

 water, and form the mass into a paste, which may be divided into 

 oval lozenges, weighing about 14| grains. Each will contain about 

 "- of a grain of sesquicarbonate of soda. (Journ. de Chim. Med. 



2. Chloride of Zinc. — Professor Hanke* of Breslaw has employed 

 salt successfully as a caustic in fungus hematodes, malignant pus- 

 tules, neviae and syphilitic ulcers with a carcinomatous appear- 

 ance. He prefers it to corrosive sublimate, red precipitate, nitrate 



