Concerning the old town he writes:—“In the neighbourhood of the temple, from south-east to south-west, at a distance of about 500 paces, that is, on the edge of the rising ground, there are quantities of potsherds lying in heaps here and there. They are of the most weather-worn appearance, and have formed portions of coarse, thick vessels. No such things as fragments approaching the pottery work of the Greek or Roman period are found. The eye of the seeker sought in vain for remnants of that blue glazed pottery ordinarily so common, or the long amphoræ of the Greek shape. “The amphoræ points or ends, which I picked up, were all stumps, and of an almost cylindrical shape. The corresponding pottery showed no sign of rings. They were almost entirely coarse, red clay fragments, with here and there a yellow or black bit, and all distinctly showed the work of the potter’s wheel. “Below the scarp of the lowest rising ground no more pottery was to be found, neither did the marl mounds display on examination any admixture of manufactured pieces. The heaps of pottery formerly existing appear to have been flattened down and spread out over a much wider space by the disintegration and sweeping down of the marl bed. A similar occurrence may be observed on the few stone walls yet remaining of the old temple settlement.” For Schweinfurth’s further remarks see pp. 101 to 107 of his veloci-graphed letter to Paul Ascherson on his journey in the depression of the Fayûm, 1886. The line of levels, which I had taken between this old building (temple) and Dimay, followed a direct line between the two, crossing the elevations and depressions given in the list below:— _From Schweinfurth’s “Temple” to Dimay._ R.L. Floor surface of raised chamber on left of central chamber 35·506 Pottery mound of old settlement 24·580 First depression on line of levels 9·611 Following elevation 16·521 Second depression 6·096 Following elevation 14·461 Third depression 7·716 Plateau north of Dimay 21·448 On ruined mounds in Dimay enclosure 28·368 Causeway at undamaged upper end 25·438 _From Dimay to Lake Qurûn._ Causeway 25·438 Plateau north of Dimay, upper end 17·000 „ „ lower end 13·270 Fossils plentiful between - 3·500 and - 13·000