I look with great interest to the researches of Dr. Lepsius at Meroë; as well as to those of my friend Dr. Charles Pickering, who is now in Egypt for the sole purpose of studying the monuments in connexion with the people of that country. And finally, it gives me great pleasure to state that the profound erudition of the Baron Alexander de Humboldt is at this moment engaged in a work which will embrace his views on Egyptian ethnography, and give to the world the matured opinions of a mind which has already illuminated every department of natural science.
ERRATA.
Page 36,—fifth line from the bottom, for “page 109,” read page 17.
" 36,—fourth line from the bottom, for “six figured skulls,” read six skulls figured.
" 41,—fifth line from the bottom, for “Armada,” read Armada?
" 43,—fourth line from the top, for “Semitic” read Hebrew.
" 45,—eighth line from the bottom, for “are” read is, and “conform” read conforms.
[Transcriber’s Note: These changes have been made in the electronic versions of this book. June, 2019]