introduced by the colonies or armies of Greeks, Romans, and Goths, and at length mixing again with a branch of the original stream, in its connection with the modern Arabic. I am, Dear Sir, &c. W. M. _Spring Garden, 1st May_, 1800. P. S. Since writing the foregoing, I have adverted to the chapter on the Oasis of Ammon, in the learned work of my friend Major Rennell, (the Geographical System of Herodotus examined,) and perceive from the extracts he has selected, (p. 589, 590) that Herodotus understood the Ammonians to be composed of Egyptians and Ethiopians, and their language to be formed from a mixture of both, which might have been true in his time; but that the Arabian geographers, Edrisi and Ibn Al Wardi, assert that Santariah (which the Major has proved to be the Oasis of Ammon, or _Siwah_) is inhabited by Berbers mixed with Arabs. MAY, 1802. =LIST OF THE SOCIETY,= INSTITUTED 1788, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPLORING THE INTERIOR OF AFRICA. * * * * * The Countess of Aylesbury. The Right Hon. Henry Addington. The Duke of Buccleugh. The Marquis of Blandford. The Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K. B. The Hon. Thomas Brand. Richard H. A. Bennet, Esq. Mark Beaufoy, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. William Bosville, Esq. William Burgh, Esq. Dr. Charles Burney. N. Boylston, Esq. The Earl of Carlisle. The Earl of Carysfort. Lord Cawdor. The Hon. Henry Cavendish. Thomas Coutts, Esq. Thomas Gray Comings, Esq. The Marquis of Exeter. Gerard Noel Edwards, Esq. The Rev. Francis Egerton. John Ellis, Esq. George Ellis, Esq. Sir Adam Ferguson, Bart. Colonel Fullarton. The Duke of Grafton. Lord Gwydir. Lord Glenbervie. The Rt. Hon. Thomas Grenville. Thomas Gisborne, Esq. George Gostling, Esq. Robert Gregory, Esq. The Earl of Harrington. The Countess of Harrington. The Earl of Hardwicke. Lord Hawke. Sir Charles Grave Hudson, Bart. Sir John Hort, Bart. Charles House, Esq. Henry Hoare, Esq. Henry Hugh Hoare, Esq. Benjamin Hobhouse, Esq. Everard Home, Esq. The Earl of Ilchester. Thomas Johnes, Esq. R. Payne Knight, Esq. Lord Louvaine. The Bishop of Llandaff. Sir Wilfred Lawson, Bart. The Earl of Moira. The Earl of Morton. Sir Charles Middleton, Bart. William Marsden, Esq. Charles Miller, Esq. James Martin, Esq. John Maitland, Esq. Colonel de Meuron. The Duke of Northumberland. The Hon. Frederick North. Sir Richard Neave, Bart. Lord Viscount Palmerston. The Hon. John Peachy. Sir William Pulteney, Bart. William Morton Pitt, Esq. Samuel Parker, Esq. The Duke of Roxburgh. General Rainsford. Colonel Roberts.