Interesting Curiosities collected by Mr. Clarke, 275 



six years older, noticed by Moiitfaucon in his Paleographia, 

 p. 42, has disap]Deared ; and that of EucHd, mentioned bv 

 Dorviile on Chariton, p. 49, 30, . was supposed to have 

 been lost. The latter, however, which was written bv the 

 same hand as the Plato, the year before it, has been since 

 found, and purchased, with the rest of Dorville's collection, 

 by Dr. Raiae and Mr. Banks. Professor Porson, who, in 

 copying the scholia on Plato, has thence discovered pas- 

 sages from Greek plavs and froin poets that were lost, will, 

 it is hoped, allow the world to proiit by the fruits of his 

 industry and unrivalled eradition. 



To the above MSS. in the Greek language should be 

 added, in Hebrew, the Bible of the Karsean Jews ; in Cop- 

 tic, the Gospels ; in Arabic, many volumes of history, po- 

 etry, &c.; in Abyssinian or ^thiopic, the Gospels, &c.; 

 and in Persian, some unpublished works of Sadi and other 

 writers. 



The rest of the collections consist of, 1 . Antique monu- 

 ments from Sais, in Egypt, the ruins of which city were 

 discovered for the first time by Messrs. Clarke and Crips. 

 Various other antiquities from the upper parts of this 

 country. 



2. Medals and vases from all parts of Greece. 



3. Sculpture and inscriptions from the Cinmicrian Bos- 

 porus, the Crimea, the shores of the Euxine, the plain of 

 Troy, the Greek islands, and the Grecian continent. 



4. Minerals from all the countries passed through be- 

 tween the 69th and 29th degrees of north latitude, includ- 

 ing many new substances. 



5. Plants, seeds, 8cc. from the same regions. These in- 

 clude several new species, and a new genus. Also the her- 

 barium of professor Pallas, which comprises all his bota- 

 nical discoveries in Siberia; and of Dr. Noezen, of Sweden, 

 abounding in arctic plants. 



6. Original maps and charts not yet published. Among 

 these are the great chart of islands and seas between Kam- 

 schatka and America, the result of Billing's voyage; the 

 map of the countries between the Black and Caspian seas, 

 on a very large scale ; the Crimea ; charts of the Russian 

 ports ; and a map of the plain of Troy, now engraving by 

 Arrowsmith. 



7. Models^ implements of husbandry, customs of dif- 

 ferent nations. Animals, insects, &c. 



8. A large collection of drawings from nature, for the 

 purpose of illustrating the account of the journey, if it 

 should ever be publishX-d. 



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