PREFACE. 
XI 
As instances of the important results of recent exploration, 
the excavations at Tell El-Maskhutah in Egypt — ^bringing to 
light the Snccoth of the Exodus — and the labours of the 
Palestine Exploration Fund in Moab, may be mentioned ; also 
the remarkable discovery of the site of Sepharvaim by a 
member of the Institute, Mr. Hormuzd Eassam. 
It is impossible to conclude without giving some expression 
to the wide-spread regret that progress in both the last- 
named promising fields of discovery is completely stopped 
for the present, by reason of our Government being unable 
to obtain those Firmans from the Porte which are necessary 
for the continuance of works so well begun. 
F. W. H. PETRIE, 
Hon. Secretary and Editor. 
December 31, 1882. 
