32 PKOF. FLIXDEES PETEIE^ D.C.L., ON EESEAECHES IN SINAI. 



It is strano-e that Professor Petrie should have allowed such 

 a wild idea to be printed in his book, and it is only inserted here 

 to show the extent of his companion s reasoning powers. 



This work will prove of the greatest interest to Oriental scholars 

 and Egyptologists as tending to throw additional light on the 

 events of Egyptian history, and the succession of the "Dynasties" 

 — although drawn from a region outside and beyond the Valley 

 of the Nile"; and the learned author is to be congratulated on 

 the success ol' his explorations and the able manner in which he 

 has placed the results within reach of the public. 



Discussion. 



The Chairman. — La(hes and Gentlemen, I think I shall he 

 expressing your wishes in thanking Professor Hull for the interest- 

 ing paper read to us this evening. ^Ve have had the advantage of 

 the comments of one who has travelled over the ground hi question 

 and formed an opinion on the spot — the opinion of a skilled 

 observer. 



In an audience like this, I cannot conceive a more interesting 

 subject for consideration and discussion than that which has to do, 

 not only with the journeyings of the Israelites after the Exodus, 

 but the remains of a religious cult going back, as I understand it, 

 authentically to between 5000 and 6000 B.C. These seem to 

 me to be the two directions into which the paper divides itself. I 

 have not read Professor Flinders Petrie's book, so I do not feel 

 justified in t;iking up more of 3'our time. I would only express 

 the hope that some interesting comparison may now be possible 

 between the memorial stones or " Bethels," which Petrie describes 

 with those which are to be found in other countries, more especially 

 in Northern Africa, the AVest of Europe and our own Islands. 



Kev. John Tuckwell, M.R.A.S. — I desire to express my apprecia- 

 tion of the value of the paper which has been presented to us by 

 our Secretary. We cannot all hope to possess the expensive volume 

 on which the lecture has been based. I feel, however, that I must 

 take exception to the use of the term " I]ethel " which has been made 

 })y Professor Peti'ie. The Scripture narrative tells us plaiidy that 



