It will be seen that Mr. Bonomi omits to mention the height of the Luxor and of the lesser Karnak obelisk: the former appears in his table as fourth in altitude; while its companion, the Paris obelisk, is sixth, with a difference of upwards of ten feet between them. This, if it be so, may possibly result from the removal of some portion of the base of the French monument; although it has been always known that there was some difference of length between them. The smaller Karnak obelisk is about seventy-five feet high. The British obelisk, being prostrate, does not appear in the list; but it has now been ascertained to be taller than its Alexandrian brother, the precise measurements being 68 feet 5½ inches; and 67 feet 2 inches; while the latter is actually shorter, by two inches, than the Heliopolis obelisk. These data serve to place the British obelisk tenth on the list in point of height. Mr. Bonomi’s researches likewise direct attention to the following interesting facts in connection with the statistics of obelisks—namely, that out of twenty-one of these Pharaonic monuments, eight possess only one column of hieroglyphs; and in the case of the Alnwick obelisk, only on one side of the shaft; one, two columns; and seven, three columns; while the remaining five are plain and without any carving at all. The obelisks at present erect are distributed as follows, age taking precedence in each of the divisions:— ROME—_Twelve_. Ft. In. St. John Lateran 105 7 Flaminian, Porta del Popolo 87 5 Trinita de Monti 43 6 Pantheon, Piazza Rotunda 19 9 Villa Mattei, Cœlian Hill 8 3 Vatican, St. Peter’s, plain 88 2 Monte Citorio 75 5 Piazza della Minerva 17 0 St. Maria Maggiore, plain 48 5 Piazza Quirinale, plain 47 8 Piazza Navona (Domitian) 54 3 Monte Pincio (Hadrian) 30 0 ITALY, in addition to those at Rome—_Four_. Florence Museum (2) 5 10 Domitian and Titus 9 0 Benevento, fragment —— —— EGYPT—_Six_. Heliopolis 67 4 Karnak, Thothmes I. 75 0 Karnak, Hatasou 97 6 Alexandria 67 2 Luxor 84 3 Philæ 35 0