RESULTS OF EXGAVATIONS AT BUBASTIS. 1638 
from Cheops down to the Macedonian kings, and we have found 
inscribed on statues or on the walls of the temple the names 
of twenty-six kings, one of whom, one Raian or Ian-ra, was 
absolutely unknown; besides, we have now in several museums 
monuments of great value, some of which, like the large statue 
of Apepi in the British Museum, are quite unique. 
Such is the net result of a work of about six months on a 
spot which was thought to be absolutely exhausted, and where 
nothing was said to remain. This instance shows how many 
treasures lie still hidden in the soil of Heypt; there are even 
large historical cities where no serious exploration has ever 
been made. It is dangerous to play the prophet in matters of 
excavation ; but who knows what may be concealed in many 
mounds of the Delta or of Upper Egypt, which it would be 
easy toname? ‘There are still great gaps in the history -of 
Egypt, which we hope to fill up some day, and the work of 
excavation is far from being closed. I trust that in relating 
what has been done at Bubastis I may have kindled in 
_ your minds a desire that more should be done in that way ; 
and I beg to be allowed to warmly recommend to your 
interest and to your practical support the work of Egyptian 
Kxploration. 
The Present (Sir George Gabriel Stokes, Bart., M.P., P.R.S.).— 
IT have now to ask you to return your thanks to Monsieur Naville 
for this most interesting paper, although you have already prac- 
tically done so by anticipation in the applause with which the 
paper has been received from the beginning to its conclusion. 
M. Navi.ue expressed his thanks for his cordial reception and the 
way in which his paper had been received. 
The Prestpent.—I will now call on any present who may have 
made this subject their own to speak to the paper. Perhaps Sir 
Charles Newton will begin the discussion. 
Sir Cuarztes T. Newron, K.C.B., D.C.L.—AI that I can claim 
with reference to Hgyptian Exploration is the fact that I have 
supported it with such influence as I possess; but as for 
offering any remarks on the results which M. Naville has so ably 
put before us, I confess myself quite unfit. I think all will agree 
that M. Naville, having gone through all this toil in investigating 
and pushing his discoveries to the very farthest point that he could 
go, and then presenting to us this most lucid statement, makes us 
feel what a deep obligation he has laid us under (cheers). I can only 
