WATER. 
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PHCENICIAN INSCRIPTIONS. 
SYLLABUS OF LECTURE BY REV. G. EVANS, M. A. 
(Read 28th October, 1887.) 
The Geography of Phoenicia. Its chief towns. What reference 
there is to them on the cuneiform inscriptions. Meaning of 
the word "Phoenicia." What is its roof? The language of 
Phoenicia. The writing of Phoenicia. Its trade and culture. Its 
religion. The highest god El-Elyon, called by various names — 
Baal, Moloch, Astarte. The three most important Phoenician 
inscriptions are — (1) The Marseilles Inscription; (2) that on the 
sarcophagus of Eshmunazar; (3) Moabite stone. Each of these 
translated and briefly commented upon. 
WATEE. 
SYLLABUS OF PAPER BY ROBERT OXLAND, Ph.D. F.C.S. 
(Read 4th November, 1887.) 
A consideration of some of the chemical and mechanical pro- 
perties of Water ; of its economy in Nature, and its uses in the 
arts and manufactures. 
