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the third, fourth, and sixth of Manetho contain a succession 

 coeval with that of the first twenty-two sovereigns of the 

 Latenculus of Eratosthenes, is very nearly the same with that 

 arrived at by the Chevalier Bun sen, aided by an examination 

 of original and all but complete monumental and documentary 

 chronological records of Egypt. Bunsen makes the first 

 twenty-two sovereigns of Eratosthenes correspond to the first, 

 third, fourth and sixth dynasties of Manetho, rejecting from 

 the list of Manetho the second and fifth dynasties, as had 

 been done by Dr Prichard. 



That in other points the chronological comparisons insti- 

 tuted by Dr Prichard should not have been confirmed by sub- 

 sequent disoveries, is by no means extraordinary. Unaided 

 by the evidence derived from the monuments, the analysis of 

 Egyptian chronology, immediately subsequent to the Hyksos 

 domination, is far more difficult and more intricate than for 

 the preceding period. To the conquering monarchs of the 

 eighteenth and nineteenth dynasties are ascribed the myths 

 and traditions which belong of right to the heroes of a remoter 

 age ; and an investigation, based of necessity solely on a com- 

 parison of names and fragmentary historical notices of indi- 

 vidual sovereigns, is involved in an endless maze of conflicting 

 testimony. Professor Sclilegel has truly observed of this 

 treatise, that the learned industry and the intelligence of tlie 

 procedure of its author are worthy of all commendation ; and 

 it may be safely affirmed, that its production at a period when 

 the chronology of Egypt was almost <a blank in history, is an 

 enduring testimony to the critical acumen and profound sa- 

 gacity, no less than to the extensive learning, of its author. 



Dr Prichard's singularly retiring manners kept him much 

 aloof from public affairs ; yet, when occasion required it, he 

 could exert himself with successful zeal. He felt personally 

 interested in the importance of placing the means of a liberal 

 education within the ready access of the youth of Bristol ; and 

 with the co-opei'ation of several gentlemen in his neighbour- 

 hood, amongst whom may be mentioned his particular friends 

 Eden, Tothill, and Conybeare, he established the Bristol Col- 

 lege, and he had the satisfaction of seeing one of his own sons 

 amongst the first who acquired distinction under its professors. 



