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gress with the work when Mr. Grey gave him the new 

 papyri. ' These,' says Dr. Young, 'contained several 

 fine specimens of writing and drawing on papyrus; 

 they were chiefly in hieroglyphics and of a mythological 

 nature ; but two which he had before described to me, 

 as particularly deserving attention, and which were 

 brought, through his judicious precautions, in excellent 

 preservation, both contained some Grreek characters, 

 written apparently in a pretty legible hand. That 

 which was most intelligible had appeared at first sight 

 to contain some words relating to the service of the 

 Christian Church.' Passing thence to speak of Casati's 

 papyrus, Dr. Young remarks that it was the first in 

 which any intelligible characters of the enchorial form 

 had been discovered among the many manuscripts and 

 inscriptions which had been examined, and it 6 fur- 

 nished M. Champollion with a name which materially 

 advanced the steps leading him to his very important 

 extension of the hieroglyphical alphabet. He had 

 mentioned to me, in conversation, the names of Apollo- 

 nius, Antiochus, and Antigonus, as occurring among 

 the witnesses ; and I easily recognised the groups 

 which he had deciphered ; although, instead of Antio- 

 chus, I read Antimachus ; and I did not recollect at 

 the time that he had omitted the m.' 



Now comes the strange part of the story. 



'In the evening of the day that Mr. Grey had 

 brought me his manuscripts,' proceeds Dr. Young 

 (whose English, by the way, is in places slightly 

 questionable), 'I proceeded impatiently to examine 



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