ORDINARY MEETING.* 

 Sir J. William Dawson, C.M.G., in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the last Meeting were read and confirmed, and the 

 following Elections were notified : — 



Associates : — E,ev. S. Plantz, D.D., Ph.D., Pres. Lawrence Univ., United 

 States ; Rev. John B. Devins, United States. 



Hon. Cor. Member : — Prof. G. Macloskie, D.Sc, LL.D., Prof. Biology^ 

 Princeton Coll., United States. 



The following paper was then read by the author : — 



HERODOTUS. I.— HOW FAR HIS REMARKS 

 BEARING ON EGYPTIAN GEOLOGY ARE 

 RELIABLE IN THE L.1GHT OF RECENT 

 EGYPTIAN RESEARCH. By the Rev. F. A. 

 Walker, D.D., F.L.S.f 



Aidov AWcOTTLKOU ITOLKLKoV. 



Hit., Lib. II, c. 127. 



OF varie<jat('d, or many coloured Ethiopian stone, if ^ve 

 adopt the rendering of Rawlinson who translates 

 wo'iKiXoq by many coloured, Herodotus here informs us 

 that the lower tier or basement of the Second Pyramid rov 

 TTpMTov Sofiov "was composed of red granite of Syene, and 

 Professor Rawlinson rightly remarks that the historian 

 appears to be correct in saying that the lower tier was of 

 that stone, or at least the casing, which was all that he could 

 see, and the numbers of fragments of granite lying about 

 this pyramid show that it has been partly faced with it. 

 The casing Avhicli remains on the upper part is of the 

 limestone of the eastern hills. One of the chief noticeable 

 differences between the three pyramids, irrespective ot" their 

 si^e, is in the said various casing of their exterior, that of 

 the first and largest pyramid erected by Cheops consisting 

 altogether of limestone; that of the second pyramid next to 

 it in point of size, erected by Chephren, consisting in the 

 upper part of limestone, and in the lower tier of red granite; 

 and that of the third and smallest pyramid, erected by 

 Mencheres (or Mycerinus) altogether of red granite. There 

 are certain points that we must carefully bear in mind. The 

 first being, that when Herodotus refers to the variegated 

 stone of Ethiopia, he alludes solely to red granite, not to 

 granite of another tint or hue. Second, that this red granite 



* Subject first introduced at 12th of 31st Session. 

 + Paper and discussion revised and passed for press 1899. 



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