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-on “ Certain atmospheric and terrestrial Phenomenon observed in 
the Himalaya Mountains,” graciously forwarded an invitation to 
the Members of the Field Club to attend freely the meeting, of 
which many Members thankfully availed themselves. The 
lecture was illustrated by a large number of beautiful views 
thrown ona screen, the greater proportion of which had been 
photographed by the lecturer from sketches he had made in the 
Himalaya, when engaged in the trigonometrical survey for the 
Indian Government. The lecturer brought to bear a personal 
experience of 40 years in describing the many snowcapped 
mountains, cascades, glaciers, and other characteristic scenery of 
the loftiest range of mountains in the world, and the audience was 
-charmed with the persevering labours and exactitude of these 
‘talented Surveyors, who certified that Mount Everest had been 
found to be the loftiest mountain in the World, and to be exactly 
29,002ft. in altitude. 
The Bath Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club was 
pleased on March 18th to be able to reciprocate the civility of the 
Literary and Philosophical Society by extending to its President 
-and Members an invitation to another interesting lecture on the 
Egyptian Exploration and discoveries. The well-known lecturer, 
Dr. Hills, of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, was invited by the 
Field Club to give his lecture on “The strange story of an 
Ancient Queen B.C. 1600, being the results of the most recent 
-explorations and finds in Upper Egypt on the site of the Great 
Temple of Queen Halshepset,” illustrated from the original 
photographs of Mr. Howard Carter. 
The attendance at the Royal Literary and Scientific Institution 
was excellent, and the Rev. Dr. Hills stated how the ruins had 
been discovered on the left bank of the Nile in the neighbourhood 
-of Thebes by some French explorers in the year 1798. The city 
of Thebes was peculiar in this respect, that all its Temples were 
-on the Eastern side of the Nile and its tombs on the 
Western. The Temple was covered with débris until the year 
