ORDINARY MEETING,* 
HELD AT THE HOUSE OF THE SOCIETY OF ARTS. 
Tur Presmpent, Sir Groree G. Stoxss, Bart., M.P., P.R.S., 
in the Chair. 
The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed, and the 
following Elections were announced :— 
Vice-Patron:—His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Brazil. 
[His Majesty sent a message, of which Dr. R. H. Gunning, F.R.S.E., was 
the bearer, expressing his wish to be admitted a Member. ] 
Mempers:—His Excellency Count Bernstorff, Berlin ; S. Joshua Cooper, 
Esq., Yorks. ; Rev. R. M: Ferguson, M.A., Cheltenham ; Rev. A. A. E. 
Taylor, D.D., LL.D., United States. 
AssociaTes:—W. J. Gunning, Esq., United States; Revs. J. Dark, 
E. Hargrave, and F. C. Williams, New South Wales; Rev. E. H. Smart, 
B.A., Oxon, Northallerton. 
The following Paper was then read by the Author :— 
THE HISTORICAL RESULTS OF THE EXCAVATIONS 
AT BUBASTIS. By Evovarp Navies. 
ips King of Babylon had led into captivity part of the 
population of the kingdom of Judah; the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem had turned a deaf ear to the warnings of the 
prophet Ezekiel, and the threatened judgment had fallen on 
them. Standing near the river Chebar, in a strange land, the 
prophet turns for a while from his unfortunate countrymen, 
and, looking towards the neighbouring nations, predicts that 
some day the storm will burst upon them. The curse of 
Egypt is one of the most striking and the most terrible. ‘hus 
saith the Lord God : ‘ I will also destroy the idols, and I will 
cause the images to cease from Noph; and there shall be no 
more a prince out of the land of Heypt; and I will put a fear 
in the land of Egypt. And I will make Pathros desolate, and 
will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments in No. 
And I will pour my fury upon Sin, the stronghold of Egypt ; 
and I will set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall be in great anguish, 
and No shall be broken up: and Noph shall have adversaries 
in the day-time. The young men of Aven and of Pi-beseth 
shall fall by the sword : and these cities shall go into captivity ”’ 
(Ezek. xxx. 13-18). 
It is interesting to notice the cities which are mentioned by 
* July 5, 1889. 
