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:3cc=|] # 1 :iDc3C:= u were collected from the sepulchral chambers during a period of national calamity, when there was every likelihood of their being stolen, and were hidden in some safe place, just as the mummies of the kings and queens of Egypt, with their possessions, were removed from their tombs at Thebes and hidden at Der al-Bahari. But in any case it is incredible, to m.e at least, that a chamber, even if we admit its existence in the upper half of a pyramid, which could be easily entered by merely removing a few layers of stones of moderate size, should have been chosen either by pious man or thief, as a hiding place for such treasure. Personally I believe that Ferlini bought his collection at Kus, or some similar place where rich burials of the Graeco- Roman Period are frequently found, and that the narrative which he printed is a mixture of his own experiences, and those of natives in Egypt with whom he had come in contact.

It is now time to give a brief summary of the objects which Ferlini has enumerated in his Catalogue.

These are divided by him into groups, thus:—Necklaces, Nos. 1-20 ; Bracelets, Nos. 21-25 ; Rings with hinges, Nos. 26-34 ; Ordinary rings, Nos.

35-88 ; Silver rings, Nos. 89-93 ; Miscellaneous objects, rings in stone, cameos, &c., Nos. 94-104 ; Objects in metal, Nos. 105-117 ; Objects 298 1