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of specimens has been arranged to illustrate the evolution of 

 the knife. The specimens commence with rude palaeoliths, 

 and are continued through various rude iron types to the 

 highly ornate tool in use by the Tibetans of to-day. 



Egyptology. 



The whole of the collections have been catalogued. 

 The large sculptured slabs have been reduced in thickness 

 preparatory to mounting in frames, and a fine example of an 

 incised figure from Meydum built up from the broken 

 fragments. 



From the British School of Archaeology in Egypt, has 

 been received a series of alabaster, limestone and basalt 

 dishes, bowls and jars, flint bangles, a copper adze and many 

 other objects, mostly of the First Dynasty period. 



The Egypt Exploration Fund Committee have presented 

 portions of limestone stele, a cartonnage footpiece for a 

 mummy, and a collection of pottery, and beads. 



Preparations are being made for an entire re-classification 

 of the Egyptian material in order to illustrate as fully as 

 possible, the arts and crafts of the ancient Egyptians, such an 

 arrangement being thought more useful than a very imperfect 

 chronological arrangement by Dynasties. 



Bristol Antiquities. 



The addition of specimens of historical interest has been 

 quite as numerous as in former years. A fine XVIth century 

 panelled door from Ashley Manor House was presented by 

 Mr. H. E. Cooke, from the Committee of the Hook's Mills 

 Asylum. The Estate Engineer (Mr. Peter Addie) passed over 

 to the Museum, a carved wooden mantelpiece, dated 1677, 

 and cupboard from Queen Street, St. Peter's. 



