OKDmAEY GENERAL MEETING * 



David Howakd, Esq., D.L., F.C.S., in the Chair. 



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

 following candidates were elected : — 



LiFB Associate : — Eev. E. Ashington BuUen, M.A., F.G.S. 



Associates :— Rev. Prof. A. Barton, Ph.D. ; George A. Manwaring, 

 Esq., C.E. ; Rev. Oswald J. Hogarth, M.A. ; Rev. William E. 

 Emmet, M.A. ; The Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Honduras, D.D. 



The following paper was then read by the author :— 



TEE BABYLONIAN STORY OF TEE CREATION, 

 INCLUDING BEES FIGET WITE TEE DRAGON. 

 By Theophilus G. Pknches, Esq., LL.D., M.R.A.S. 



Preliminary Statement. 



I have to make a short statement before beginning my paper, 

 partly touching on the delay referred to by the Secretary, but 

 principally to show how it was that I wrote the paper. 



Having given a short description of the Creation story of the 

 Babylonians in my book which has just been published — The 

 Old Testament in the light of the legends and records of Assyria and 

 Babylonia, I thought it would be a good thing to make a 

 complete translation of the tablets, including the two principal 

 versions of the Creation story. This I began last year and finished 

 it early this year, and here is the result. I then decided that it 

 might, perhaps, be well to write a paper on the subject instead of 

 giving a translation, word for word (as in the book), giving 

 simply a paraphrase. 



* Monday, December 1st, 1902. 



