BY THOMAS SHAW, D. D. F. R. S.
VICAR OF BRAMLEY, REGIUS PROFESSOR OF GREEK, AND
PRINCIPAL OF EDMUND HALL, IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

Sold by A. JOHNSTONE, J. OGLE, A. BLACK, and J. & J. ROBERTSON,
Edinburgh; M. OGLE, Glasgow; E. LESSLIE, Dundee; and by
J. HATCHARD, WILLIAMS & SMITH, J. BURDitt,
and W. KENT, London.

1808.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

LIBRARY

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

PART I.-CHAPTER I.

Geographical Observations in Syria, Phænice,

and the Holy Land,

CHAPTER II.

Pag. 9

A Dissertation whether the Nile, or the sup-

posed rivulet at Rhinocolura, be the river of

Egypt,

CHAPTER III.

Geographical Observations in Egypt,

CHAPTER IV.

The ancient situation of the city Memphis ad-

justed,

CHAPTER V.

Of the Land of Goshen, Arabia Petræa, and

the encampments of the Israelites,

PART

PART II-CHAPTER I.

The Natural History of Syria, Phænice, and

the Holy Land,

Pag. 127

CHAPTER II.

PHYSICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS OBSER-

VATIONS IN EGYPT,-Viz.

SECT. I. Of the symbolical Learning of the

Egyptians,

II. Of the Antiquities of Egypt, viz. of

the Obelisks, Pyramids, Sphinx,

Catacombs, and Mummies,

163

189

III. Of the Nile, and the soil of Egypt, 214

IV. Some additional proofs and conjec-

tures, concerning the augmentation

which Egypt receives annually from

the Nile,

V. Of the Egyptian Plants and Ani-

VI. Some additional Observations with re-

gard to the Animals of Egypt,

particularly as they relate to the

Holy Scripture,

VII. Of the Mosaic Pavement at Præ-

neste, relating to some of the Ani-

mals and Plants of Egypt and

Ethiopia,

237

263

275

294

CHAP-

CHAPTER III.

The Natural History of Arabia; particularly

of Arabia Petræa, Mount Sinai, &c. and of

the Ostrich,

COLLECTANEA:

319

I. Specimen Phytographia Africana,

&c.

II. Appendix de Coralliis et eorum affini-

bus. Obs. vol. ii. p. 331.

Pag. 353

369

III. Catalogus Fossilium. Obs. vol.i. p. 281. 373

IV. Catalogus Piscium. Obs. vol. i. p. 348. 377

V. Catalogus Conchyliorum. Obs. vol. i.

p. 350.

VI. A Vocabulary of the Showiah Tongue.

Obs. vol. i. p. 401.

379

382

VII. The several Stations of the Mahometan

Pilgrims, in their Journey to Mecca.

Obs. vol. ii. p. 117.

384

385

VIII. Mesure de la grande Pyramide de Mem-

phis, par le Pere Siccard *.

IX. Remarques sur le Natron, par le même†. 387

X. The method of making Sal Armoniac. 389

XI.

* These measures, taken by Pere Siccard, were given me by
Dr Mead, and are intended to illustrate note +, vol. ii. p. 208.
+ Vid. Memoires des Messions, vol. vii. p. 64.

The Rev. Dr Lisle, Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford,
favoured me with this account.