366 ALEXANDKIA. 
CHAP, words OTAnOTHSMHTPOnOAEllS, " The Peoph 
^_' . of the Metropolis^ Upon the whole, then, that 
has been before adduced, and with the aid of the 
document alluded to, it is proposed to read the 
Inscription upon Pompey's Pillar in the fol- 
lowing manner; the Reader being left to use his 
own judgment as to the introduction o^ Hadrians 
name, or that of Diocletian, in the third line. We 
have rather preferred the former, for tl>e reasons 
already given. 
TONTIMICOTATONAYTOKPATOPA 
TON nOAIOYXON AAEHAN APEIAC 
AIONAAPIANONTONCEBACTON 
nOCTOMOCEnAPXOCAirYHTOY 
KAIOIAnOTHCMHTPOnOAEXlZ 
"POSTUMUS PR.EFECT OF EGYPT, AND THE 
PEOPLE OF THE METROPOLIS, {' honOUr') THE 
MOST REVERED EMPEROR, THE PROTECTING 
DIVINITY OF ALEXANDRIA, THE DIVINE 
HADRIAN AUGUSTUS." 
Interview In the forcnoon of this day, the author waited 
with y-t 1 • 1 
Mdnou. upon General Menou, requesting a passport, that 
might enable him to pass and repass the outer 
gate, to and from the British camp ; and at the 
