, 1875-03-15

now bean found and Tho veil lifted from th, vor.
dawn Of culture.
But. bofora giving you tho results Of thes'
studios, Let me flrnt ahow you
now TnEsz INVALUABLE DrscorEntEa wEHl
nAouauT ABOUT.
At The close Of the last century the attention O.
scholars WAS dtrocted towards curlous kind O
tnscFiptions found Oh the ruins Of refsspe'lts
the old Persian capital, drst, ! hellevo, by In
Riieh travellers. Ihe fEeah brcezo Of Tho h~a
With the aspect Of its unsteady vavcs. seen,s
explorations. Al last, Nlobuhr. tho 0ernaa t
historian, copied these inscriptions. Uut nobody
knew what 70 make q these euroMs
s1gus which b. Locked neither T. likn l;,nos our 81
Mo1icAn pictute-writinRs, bnt conaiatcd Of
htrokos In tho shape OF wedges, combined In
vasious forms to Ecpreseut 1omo kind Of loisers.
Finally the untomttllng efforts OF uo!man
study to shetr dcciphering, was crowned with a
success which assured to him tbs houor Of be-
Ing TO thoso c.,nctfor,n innctiptlone what Cham
pollion was t. O. tbe nieroelyPhcs. Iila .ask ras M
!attor Ind Greek inscription 1t hIs command,
helping him 10 tlnd out tho names Of Cleopatra
aud rtolomy. which ho usod ~ = claw for his
further researches. while drotofond, without
my eo. fa sa Into IT ,1sss h0ss sps ,n n u es
royal names of Aerxes and Darius. But hls
fame wAn aoon eclspsod by the genius Of an En-
Gllsh echo!nr. whoee nAmc You arc undoubtedly
acquainted with. Mai. Henry lsawllnson. Boiug
te Eaat he succooiet in fi,st read;nn And tra M
lniinr tbn famoun InacrIptfnna Of 7)arIua and
Attaxerxes on the tablo-work Of Delhistun In
Persia while other soholArs established sclen-
Tbus IN. hnvevcr, nnIv hhif ~ liz task 1.a &C.
cornnlIthnd. "A tho tnscr3ntlona. presentJno bc.
tfdca tho perhinn Two otI,nr ones Of an nniircIv
solyo. Bt}ji ihe work was easier. afuco Tia
Parrian coitd Ia naod asa kny IL, dccinhcr tho
Others. Again Grotofend sounded tAe koy-poto
In recornIzit,v TIM ona "a nm Aasyran tnacr;ntIon
and try1nr .udimentary din @ soIutlon % Dut i,arl,n-
son carried on tho faircl oTor,ne 4 tola1 Abis
roadins, aud vas eoou followed by Dr, Oppc,t, 4
Jonish.f fcrms, ssva,,t at raria. who nroncntcG n
method aud 4 grammar,
In the tnoautIlue. whita Bclolars pondersd over
thoea dry roldinrs'
t..,.a. 80 ~ 49,. .e .,ss .a. -. ~ ,1..
!ong g 'ooseo altei nnaeI @ the sang OF Mesopotn,-
ua 9t.A Mae upeaeu " tta. cIsucn Ionaui
nrapp,ioE Nth many difficulties. 'aad 70 hls Wy
potn Ny Lna oupetsl.a9n Oh tno AIaos, "ho lookGd
Hron to9oo "o1nua n ,rIn .oMna o1 holy
men' ana ~ tricks o. 1ur91sa oiticora:
u" ~. ,u ~ ~ H., - ptnao m LUZ acato'rcM o.!
shc su aootuea guy o. NlneVen. anu 20 theso no
aeons chambers, "ith their nsrves Of art cover.
ing IN tia9nents tno noos. WIN thelr maBnincent
uas-9oiiois On tae Ha!le, anu 1aolr winged baA!.
q, ana Ilons ol siRantio szo gazing at htm asM y
admiration and awe. foi may imagine II to
nava !,@ @ peon .,9 easy WORK 1ot him 70 move these
prec!oua loaaa gu trees anu fatts along tic
EI;npi1ases anu Hnap .nem nome 20 re Louvre.
t.s ~ IL "aa aono' ~. soon hnel9na IoloWed 70
rs btitts statesman soon attor hsytpg met or
nis travels ID the East tue Ffonen Consnl At h1b
successful excavations .t chorss9ad in 1912,