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Report on the Materials collected in Ethiopia. 



[March I, 



that any future traveller will be able to 

 pass the bounds wliicli M. Cailiiaud 

 lias reached. At the very point, 

 Ouadi Haifa, where the researches of 

 M. Gau terminated, the investigations 

 of M. Cailliand commence. Thus the 

 two narratives will connect with each 

 other, and, by annexing the great work 

 published by the Committee on Egypt, 

 an uninterrupted and tolerably com- 

 plete series will be obtained, of monu- 

 ments in the valley of the Nile, from 

 the shores of the Mediterranean to tlie 

 upper parts of Ethiopia. 



The number of those which Mr. C. 

 lias described is about one hundred ; 

 several are distinguished by particular 

 characters, on a comparison of which 

 with those of Egypt and Lower Nubia, 

 a solution may be given to questions of 

 import, respecting the history of the 

 arts and antiquities. Among the most 

 remarkable are the temples of Naga 

 and Soleb, the pyramids of Barkal and 

 Chendy, a place where, in all probabi- 

 lity, the Peninsula of Aleroe was situ- 

 ated. Equally curious, though in a 

 different respect, are the ruins at 

 Soubah, at the I5th degree of latitude, 

 at the mouth of the Kahad and the 

 "White River. This is the most south- 

 erly point where antique monuments 

 are discoverable, and apparently the 

 farthest at which any permanent esta- 

 blishments were fixed. 



The method adopted by this voyager, 

 in representing the ruins which he lias 

 explored, have not been confined to 

 tracing perspective views, taken in 

 different directions, and elevations of 

 parts of buildings tliat are \ct stand- 

 ing; he has added detailed plans, 

 wherein the measurements are very 

 accurately noted ; and, as occasion 

 offered, particular designs of orna- 

 ments, and of sculpture, hieroglyphic 

 inscriptions, &c. This scrupulous 

 attention is highly valued by anti- 

 quarians and artists, inspiring confi- 

 dence, and serving as a basis to ulte- 

 rior researches, in the productions of 

 JM. C.'s pencil, there is a degree of 

 elegance and perfection worthy of a 

 painter by profession ; sure marks of 

 the most minute fidelity are every 

 where visible. The Committee, hav- 

 ing occasion to compare some designs 

 of monuments, taken in Egypt and 

 Nubia by the French voyager, and 

 those of Messrs. Waddington and 

 Bclzoni, are bound to declare, that tlie 

 superiority of the former, as to what 



regards the expression of the style of 

 Egyptian art, the measurements, and 

 other details, is incontestable. 



And, lastly, surveying the whole of 

 M. Cailiiaud's narratives, his persona! 

 adventures, and diurnal observations, 

 that of Ismael Pacha's expedition, in 

 a country 400 leagues south of the 

 frontiers of Egypt, tlie diversified in- 

 formation collected concerning the 

 manners, productions, and commerce, 

 of the vast territories to which his 

 excursion has been extended; these 

 circumstances, also, are deserving of 

 the public esteem, and worthy of that 

 encouragement of the government, a 

 portion of which has been already 

 afl'orded to this zealous and courage- 

 ous traveller. The interests of science, 

 and the national honour, solicit a 

 recompence for such labours and 

 efforts, including the public esteem 

 and consideration that must attend the 

 appearance of his work. 



it is proposed to be comprehended 

 in three volumes octavo, and to appear 

 under the title of "Travels to Meriie, 

 or the White River, beyond the 

 Fazfigel, in the Southern l^arfs of the 

 King<lom of Sennaar, also to Syouah, 

 and in five other Oases, performed in 

 tile Years 1819-20-21 and 22; by M. 

 Frederick Cailiiaud, of Nantes, dedi- 

 cated to the King." The work, com- 

 posed and published by the author, in 

 conjunction with M. Jomard. member 

 of the Institute, &e. will contain geo- 

 graphical and topographical charts, 

 with cuts representing the monuments 

 of the countries, and notices relative 

 to their modern state and natural 

 history. 



The text in octavo is meant to be 

 published, speedily, with a chart and 

 engravings representing the costume of 

 different countries, and comiirehcnd- 

 ing, 1st. " Narrative of the Travels, 

 and Explications of the Cuts. 2. 

 Astronomical and Meteorological Ob- 

 servations, M ith an Extract from the 

 Journal of the Route. 3. Objects of 

 Natural History. 4. An Account of 

 the Country of Dink:i, on the White 

 River, and of the Negroes of Che- 

 loukha, with a Catalogue of the Kings 

 of Sennaar, Chendi, &c. !j. Expedi- 

 tion of Ismael Pacha, in Nubia." 



It is intended, also, to publish sepa- 

 rately, a number of M. Cailiiaud's 

 facts and observations, which will dis- 

 close an ample field to learned re- 

 searches and discussious. 



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