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Mqpvvt of ©^nettal Kqttaxtz o^Uvtx^ti 

 tmring flje Dinfer Session, 1909-10. 



This lecture was given by G. A. Wainwrigbt, 

 The Palace of Esq>> Q f the British School of Archaeology in 

 Pharaoh-Hophra Egypt, on the 13th Nov., 1909, and was open to 

 and other finds t h e public on the purchase of tickets. The chair 

 in Egypt during was ta ^ en Dy p) r# Roberts Thomson, j.p., and 

 the season the hall was full to the door. Mr. Wainwright, 



1908=9. wno i s one 0 f Professor Flinders Petrie's assistants, 



began by describing generally the obstacles and difficulties in the 

 way of Egyptian exploration, and the progress which had been 

 made notwithstanding. A series of very beautiful lantern slides 

 was then shown, from actual photographs, illustrating the contents 

 of a 17th dynasty coffin found in a valley near the Tombs of the 

 kings, including various objects of domestic and personal use ; also 

 some particularly interesting wall-paintings of the 17th dynasty. 

 Next, views at Memphis were shown, illustrating the excavations 

 made round the statue of Ramses II to a depth of 15 ft., to ascertain 

 whether any earlier remains existed. A description of the great 

 temple of Ptah was given — an immense building, one of the greatest 

 ever erected. After some more slides of miscellaneous objects, a 

 description of the Palace of Pharaoh-Hophra was given, with views 

 of the site. This dates from the 6th century B.C., and was lined 

 throughout with white limestone, for the sake of coolness ; some of 

 the columns were 50 ft. high and the area of the building was about 

 400 ft. square. Some illustrations of fragments of plate armour 

 were shown, disposing of the doubt as to whether armour was worn 

 by the old Egyptians * also drawings made by Professor Flinders 

 Petrie, showing a jubilee festival, with dancing figures, and the 

 lecture was concluded by showing photographs of a series of carved 

 stone heads representing the different foreign races in ancient 

 Egypt. These most interesting carvings were found at Memphis. 



A lecture on this subject was given by J. E. 

 My experiences Liddiard, Esq., f.r.g.s., on the nth Dec, 1909, 

 of New Guinea Dr . Moorhead being in the chair. Mr. Liddiard 

 and its began with a brief account of the history and 



Wild Savages, statistical geography of the island, and proceeded 

 to describe its physical characteristics, mentioning that the greater 

 part of the country is covered with dense forests, intersected by 

 innumerable rivers. He then gave an account of the difficulties 

 attending travel in New Guinea, the coast being wild and rocky, 

 making landing extremely dangerous, while the absence of roads 

 made cross country travel almost impossible. Then the various 

 savage and venomous creatures — sharks in the sea, alligators in the 



