1898.] on the Development of the Tomb in Egypt. 783 



At the end of that period the chamber was made still smaller, and 

 the coffin was left projecting into the well. Then it was simply 

 placed in the well, which became thus a deep grave and nothing 

 more. In Roman times the well was made shallower stage by stage, 

 until at last it became a mere shallow grave, only two or three feet 

 deep. Finally the whole system of preserving the body and burying 

 a special class of funeral objects came to an end with Christianity in 

 Egypt, when the body was buried in the clothes worn during life, 

 and any objects buried with it were those which had been actually 

 used by the person. 



[Note. — Although the lower edge of the plans is east and the top west, yet 

 the reader's right hand is south and left hand north, owing to the plans having 

 been reversed in making the blocks.] 



[W. M. F. P.] 



GENERAL MONTHLY MEETING, 



Monday, June 6, 1898. 



Sir James Ckichton-Browne, M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. Treasurer and 

 Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Arthur Wemyss Horsbrugh, Esq, 

 was elected a Member of the Royal Institution. 



The Special Thanks of the Members were returned for the 

 following Donations to the Fund for the Promotion of Experimental 

 Research at Low Temperatures : — 



£ s. 



Mrs. G. J. Romanes 5 1 



Sir Frederick Bramwell, Bart 100 



Professor Dewar 100 



Dr. Ludwig Mond 200 



Charles Hawksley, Esq 100 



Sir David Salomons, Bart 21 



Dr. Rudolph Messel 100 



The Presents received since the last Meeting were laid on the 

 table, and the thanks of the Members returned for the same, viz. : — 



FROM 



The French Government — Documents Inedits sur I'Histoire de France ; Lettres 

 de Catherine de Medicis, Tome VI. 1578-79. 4to. 1897. 

 Topographie Historique du Vieux Paris. Region Centrale de I'Universite. 4to. 

 1897. 



The Lords of the Admiralty — Nautical Almanac Circular, No. 17. 8vo. 1898. 



