ORDINARY GENERAL MEERTING.* 
THE PRESIDENT, Sir GEORGE G. STOKES, BART., IN THE 
CHAIR. 
The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed. 
The following election was announced ;— 
AssocratE :-—-Dr. Chr. Mudd, of Fitzroy, Melbourne, Victoria. 
The Presipent.—I will now call on Sir Charles Wilson to have the 
goodness to deliver the Address, which he has most kindly promised us, ° 
on * Moab and Edom.” 
RECENT INVESTIGATIONS IN MOAB AND EDOM. 
By Major-General Sir CHARLES W. WIuson, K.C.M.G., 
KCB. FBS: 
Sir GABRIEL STOKES, LApIES AND GENTLEMEN,—Many 
years ago, when I was surveying Jerusalem, I used to sit 
on the Mount of Olives and look with longing eyes on 
the richly tinted mountains of Moab. The colouring, as 
those of you who have visited Jerusalem will remember, is 
most brilliant, and in the light of the setting sun the 
mountains have the appearance of a veritable fairyland. 
The only picture I have seen which does justice to the 
colouring is the “ Scape-goat ” of Hclman Hunt, which has 
occasionally been exhibited in London. 
Last spring, by great good fortune, I was able to make 
a short tour in the country I had so longed to visit in the 
early sixties. At that time travelling was difficult, and the 
few travellers who had visited Moab had only been able to 
accomplish their object by the expenditure of large sums of 
money. Afterwards Canon Tristram and others travelled 
in Moab; but the Canon, as many cof you may remember, 
had a rough experience on one occasion, when he was 
held prisoner at Kerak for a considerable time. Since the 
occupation of Moab and Edom by the Turks, travelling 
* Monday, February 5th, 1900. 
