688 TRANS. OF THE ACAD. OF SCIENCE. 
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translation of the characters; to which was added some re- 
marks upon the System of Champollion, in reply to the 
criticisms of Mr. Le Page Renouf. 
On motion, it was ordered that the fac simile and transla- 
tion be lithographed, and, together with the paper of Dr. 
Seyffarth, be published in the Transactians of the Academy. 
William Sharswood, Ph. D., of Philadelphia, and Prof. P. 
W. Mosblech, Ph. D., of Bethany Coll. Va., were elected 
Corresponding Members. 
January 2, 1860. 
The President, Dr. Wist1zENvs, in the chair. 
Thirteen members present. ' 
Letters were read from the Elliott Soc. Nat. Hist., Charles- 
town, Dec. 15, 1859, and from the Werner-Verein Zur geol. 
Durschf. von Mihren u. Schlesien, Brinn, Jan. 20, 1859, ac- 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phil. Nov. 1859, from the Academy ; 
Cat. of Ist Exhibition of Statuary & Paintings, Chicago, one ; 
Nautical Monographs, No. 1, Observatory, Wash., Oct., 1899, 
by Lieut. M. F. Masty, from the Author ; J ahrb. der a -. 
geol. Reichsanstalt, X. Jahrg. 1, Wien, 1859, from the insir- 
tution ; Mem. et Doc. publiés par la Soe. Historique 
treal, 2d Livr., 1859, from Capt. L. A. He 7 
Texas Almanac for 1860, & Richardson’s New Map of oo. 
. F. Shumard ; Atti del? I. h. ape 4 
Veneto, Tomo VL. Ser. iii., Disp. 6--7, 1859, from the {n 
drukkunst, door J. J. Noordziek, Haarlem, 1848, ve lag vel. 
A tot Entw. van Frov- er- 
vaart, 1857-8-9, from the Society ; VII. Jahresb. be Wern 
Cc. 
Papyrus-Scroll and other objects mentioned in the paper T° 
by him before the Academy at a late meeting: 
