40 THEOPHILUS G. PINCHES, LL.D., M.R.A.S., ON THE 
to show that the Hebrews took possession of the country 
in a series of partial and successive invasions, of which that 
led by Moses was but the last phase. There is, in all 
probability, nothing against this theory, except that no 
mention of it occurs anywhere in the Bible. Surely, if the 
Hebrews, on their arrival, had found in the promised land 
friends who had gone before, they would have spoken of the 
joy of meeting again those who had valiantly fought to 
prepare the way for the last remnant of the captivity of 
Egypt. 
The last paper was merely mentioned at the meeting, the 
conversation being rather too general to allow of a reaily 
good summary being made on the spur of the moment. It 
was by Professor Tra M. Price, of the Chicago University, and 
treated shortly of the religion of the state oe Lagash accord- 
ing to one of the great cylinders of the patesi. Gudea. A 
oveat deal of interesting material exists for an examination 
a the religion of Baby Terie during this period, and I hope 
to turn my attention to it before long, examining, as I have 
done for the later periods, the personal names. 
SEcTION E.— Leeligions of Greece and Rome. 
The president of this section was M. Cumont. 
After the secretary of the section, M. J. Toutain, had 
spoken of the proper method to study Greek mythology, the 
Abbé Fowritre offered some curious comparisons between 
the Greek legend of Asclepios and the history of the 
prophet Elias, to which M. Audollent and the president 
made objections. 
At the second session of the section the thing principally 
spoken of was the worship of Mithra, concerning the bas- 
reliefs illustrating which M. Toutain read some notes. Of 
these he proposed a methodic classification, and sought to 
obtain from them information concerning the legend of 
Mithra and the character of Mithraism, which was at 
the same time naturalistic, astronomical, and moral. 
This was followed by a paper by the Abbé Fourriére, who, 
in a special study, sought to set forth the relations which, 
according to him, must have existed between Mithraism, 
Greek mythology, and Biblical history, 
The pr esident of the section, M. Cumont, then read a note 
upon the Zeus Stratios of Mithridates, in which he com- 
