piece of Egyptian Writing perhaps, at this day in Europe. 
I coiifefs that in the Vaults or Prieft's Chambers cut out of 
the Rock, clofe by the zd. Pyramid,the whole walls are iii- 
Icrib'd therewith i butlfpeakof anOriginai. And if all 
that is there written were but exadtly copyed, it might 
be then lawful to hope, that the Language fo longfince 
dead and buried in the Houfe of Bondage, m.ight have 
its refurred:ion in the Land of Liberty, 
That fuch vaft Monuments might be reraov'd from 
place to place, is difficult indeed , but not impoffible. 
And if owQ Archimedes (as Athenceus preferves the ftory 
for us) could lanch the vaft fliip of Htero^ which all the 
ftrength of Syracufe was not able to bring to Sea j what 
might not many great Mafters in the fame Art perform, 
and upon their own Dunghiltoo? for I may C2M yE^pt 
the Mother of the Mathematics. 
, Befides, fome of thefe Mountains are near the T^ed-Sea ; 
and Sufs from Cairo but 2 or 3 days, from Nile lefs : And 
how polEble it is to convey mighty weights by water, let 
the Obelisks at I{ome declare; which were all of them 
brought from this very Country , And that fuch things 
may be done by Land toOj tho not by every ones is plain 
enough, becaufe we fee they have been done. At Ba^ 
albec vj\\lc)i is 14 hours from Damafcui (for thence I went, 
accompanied with Mr. Ant. Balam and Mr. "jo, Ferney, 
both now in Engla7id, "whom I thought fit to name for 
my Compurgators, if you fhould queftion the credit of 
ftory : / There is a ftone about foot long on the N. 
fide of the Caftle-wall, and 2 more of .60 each : And I 
believe we faw the way they travel'd, having left one of 
their Company, tho not quite fo big in the Road, as a 
Monument thereof to this very day. 
If you have got the piece of this A^ugUa ("for I have 
nothing here;) you will thereby beft difcern its Colour 
andCompofition : Tis fomething more lively than the 
Porphyry of St. John s Font (for by that name 'tis known) 
at 
