PREFACE TO VOL. XI1¥. . al 
of the Transactions contain a large number of papers and 
investigations carrying out this object, and the Institute 
has Jed the way—in which other Societies have at times 
followed —in bringing about a truer appreciation of the 
results of Scientific inquiry; and it is satisfactory to 
observe the many points on which the “ Science” 
of twenty years ago has receded from controversy with 
Revelation, It is to be noted that this has been brought 
about—not by any ill-judged attempts to draw parallels 
between our own interpretations of Scripture and those 
of Science, which in its continuous advance has ever- 
changing phases, but—by patiently carrying on investiga- 
tions in the manner set forth in the first object of the 
Tnstitute. 
FRANCIS W. H. PETRIE, Capt. 
Hon. See. and Editor. 
December 31, 1885. 
