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important. It is to Colonel Squire that the 
literary world owes the discovery of the 
Inscription upon the pedestal of Pompcys 
Pillar, near Alexandria, which had eluded the 
ingenuity of all former travellers. 
The Catalogue of the Patmos Library, com- 
municated by the Marquis of Sligo; and the 
Remarks made by Mr. Walpole, not only upon 
this Catalogue', but also upon the Libraries of 
Greece; will, it is hoped, be considered P.s 
valuable additions to this Work. The author is 
desirous also to mention his obligation to the 
last of these Gentlemen, for the assistance he 
has rendered in the illustration of many of the 
Inscriptions. Nor can he pass in silence the 
advantages he has derived from the Manuscript 
Journal of his friend and companion, Mr. 
Cripps ; particularly in that part of his Travels 
which relates to Egypt ; where the continuation 
(1) The original copy is written in the form usually adopted by the 
Modern Greeks in their cursive style ; abounding in contractions, and 
containing many orthographical errors. If the Reader only direct his 
attention to the title of in\e Manuscript therein mentioned, namely, 
that of Diodorus Sicuius, he \\\\\ he convinced of the importance of 
making further inquiry into the state of the Pft/wiw Library; such, 
for example, as tlie French Nation caused to he instituted, when they 
despatched the celebrated Hellenist, J'ilinixoii, to the Monasteries <»! 
A/ou7il Athos. 
