TRAVEI.S OF HOSKINS " Journal," from which a series of very interesting extracts were piibhshed by Sir John Barrow, Bart., in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, vol. v. 1835, p. 38 ff. Among those who set out to emulate Cailliaud was the Englishman G. A. HosKiNS, who made a journey to the " higher parts of Ethiopia," in 1833, -d published, in 1835, an account of the same, entitled " Travels in Ethiopia above the Second Cataract of " the Nile : exhibiting the state of that country and its various " inhabitants under the dominion of Mohammed Ali; and illus-" trating the Antiquities, Arts, and History of the Ancient " I' ingdom of Meroe." This account was illustrated by maps, plans, and drawings of the temples, pyramids, &c., of Meroe, Gebel Barkal, Siilb, &c., made by the author and by an artist who accompanied him. Hoskins' travels may be thus summarized. He proceeded from Cairo to Korosko, which he left on February i6th, and arrived at Abu Hamed on February 23rd; his camels marched for eighty-six hours, and he estimated the length of the journey at 250 miles. He reached Berber on February 28th, and sailed to the mouth of the Atbara, the Astaboras of Strabo, and the Mugrum of modern writers ; on March 3rd he sailed from Unmatur, which is opposite the junction of the Atbara with the Nile, and reached Bagromeh on the 8th. He notes that on the way he passed several crocodiles and hippopotami, but they caused him no inconvenience. Bagromeh must have been the nearest village to the pyramids of the Island of Meroe, and close to the villages of As-Sur and Dankelah, but no village of this name is to be found in the neighbourhood at the present time.

Hoskins set out without delay for the main group of the pyramids of the Island of Meroii, which he describes as a " magnificent necropolis," and when he found himself in the midst of them, he was gratified beyond his most sanguine expectations. He says, "The pyramids of Geezah are magnifi-" cent, wonderful from their stupendous magnitude ; but for " picturesque effect and elegance of architectural design I " infinitely prefer those of Meroe. I expected to find few such " remains here, and certainly nothing so imposing, so interesting " as these sepulchres, doubtless of the kings and queens of " Ethiopia. I stood for some time lost in admiration. From 55