Obelisks of Nectanebo I., or Amyrtæus 160 Obelisks of Nectanebo II. 162 Prioli Obelisk at Constantinople 164 Obelisk of Nahasb 166 Assyrian Obelisks 166 Ptolemaic Obelisks of Philæ 167 The Bankes Obelisk at Kingston-Lacy Hall 167 Albani Obelisk 168 Roman Obelisks 168 Obelisks at Alnwick 170 Obelisks in the Florence Museum 170 The Arles Obelisk 170 Egyptian Founders of Obelisks 172 Aggregate number of Obelisks 174 Bonomi’s List of Altitudes of Obelisks 176 Classification and Distribution of Obelisks 178 Site of the British Obelisk 182 APPENDIX. PAGE Extract from “Bombay Courier,” 1802 185 Consul Briggs to the Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Blomfield, 1820; presentation of the Obelisk to George the Fourth, by Mehemet Ali 186 General Sir James Alexander; Paper read at the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1868 190 Plan of Transport of the Obelisk, by Captain Boswell, R.N. 193 Report by Mr. Arthur Arnold, to Lord Henry Lennox, respecting state of Obelisk and Plans of Transport, 1876 195 Captain Methven’s Plan of Transport, and Estimate 197 Admiral Smyth’s Plans of Transport 199 Transport of the Luxor Obelisk to Paris, 1831-36 200 Carrick-a-Daggon Monument, in memory of General Browne Clayton, one of the Heroes of Alexandria 205 The British Ensign; half-mast, March 28th, in memory of our gallant and victorious Abercromby 207 Translation of the Legend of the British Obelisk, by Demetrius Mosconas 207 Ancient Heroic Poem in honour of Thothmes III., translated from the Tablet of Phtamosis 210 M. Mosconas’ recent Work 213 ILLUSTRATIONS. BRITISH OBELISK (_Frontispiece_). ALEXANDRIAN OBELISK (_Vignette on Title-page_).