PREFACE. 



'' Where is Mount Sinai?" an investigation by Professor E, 

 Hull, LL.D,, F.R.S., in considering which Sir Charles 

 WiLSOX, R.E., F.R.S., and other explorers took part. 

 " Design as exemphfied in the formation of the human 

 foot," a brief note by Dr. Gerard Smith, M.R.C.S. " How 

 far the Remarks of Herodotus bearing on Egyptian Geology 

 are reliable in the light of recent Egyptian research," was 

 discussed by the Rev. E. A. Walker, D.D., F.L.S., at a 

 meeting presided over by Sir J. William Dawson, O.M.G , 

 F.R.S. This and another paper on botany by the same author 

 — '' Herodotus as a Botanist " — bore testimony to that ancient 

 author as a " Avonderfully minute observer and accurate re- 

 porter."' • On the physical conditions of the Mediterranean 

 basin, which have given rise to a community of some 

 species of fresh-water fishes in the Nile and the Jordan 

 basins," by Professor E. Hull, LL.D., F.R.S. " Tithe-giving 

 among ancient pagan nations," by the Rev. H. Lansdell, 

 D.D.jM.R.A.S., F.R.G.S., who viewed the antiquity and preva- 

 lence of that custom as showing " that the ancestors of the 

 nations dwelt together," a fact urged on philological grounds 

 by the Right Honourable F. Max Muller. " Another possi- 

 ble cause of the Glacial Epoch " was discussed by Professor 

 E. Hull, LL.D., F.R.S., in the consideration of which Pro- 

 fessor Rupert Jones, F.R.S., Professor Gresley and Warren 

 Upham, of the United States, took part. " Literature in Egypt 

 in the time of Moses," by Professor J.N. Fradenburgh, D.D., 

 Ph.D., LL.D., an important subject, in considering which 

 Colonel C. R. Conder, R.E., D.C.L.. and others took part. 

 "Plan and Purpose in Nature," by W. A. Kidd, M.D., B.Sc, 

 M.R.C.S., with remarks by Professor Lionel S. Beale, M.D., 

 F.R.S., Professor J. H. Gladstone, Ph.D., F.R.S., and 

 others. " The Star Worshippers of Mesopotamia," by the 

 Rev. S. M. ZwEMER, M.A., F.R.G.S., who records the results 

 of his unique opportunities of observing this people. " On 

 the Perception of Colour," by Sir G. G. Stokes, Bart., F.R.S., 

 The President, with remarks by the Right Honourable Lord 

 Kelvin, G.C.V.O., the Right Honourable Lord Lister, M.B., 



