[81] Memoir on the Persian cuneiform inscriptions. p. 47. [82] Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes, 1844 '45. [83] For inscription see Rich's Babylon and Persepolis, plate 24, and page 254. [84] Revue Archæologique. October, 1844. [85] Westergaard in Mém. de la Socié. Royale des Antiq. du Nord, p. 419. Ibid. p. 423. [86] Lettres de M. Botta sur les découvertes à Khorsabad, près de Ninive; publiées par M.J. Mohl. [87] London Times, June, 1846. Two interesting letters from Mr. Layard, dated August 12, 1846, to Mr. Kellogg, of Cincinnati, were read before the American Ethnological Society, at its meeting in February, giving further accounts of his discoveries. [88] See London Athenæum, Oct. 10, 1846, a letter from Constantinople dated Sept. 10. [89] The prophet Daniel in his vision of four beasts says, "The first was like a lion, and had eagles' wings; I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man." _Daniel, ch. VII. v. 4._ The resemblance between the animal of Daniel's vision and those recently discovered at Nineveh is striking. [90] Richardson in the Preface to his Persian Dictionary. [91] Preface to the "Dabistan" published by the Oriental Trans. Fund:--by A. Troyer. Vol. I. p. 30. [92] Annales des Voyages, April, 1845, p. 58. [93] Ld. Colchester's Address, Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 1846. [94] Address to the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at its meeting, September, 1846. [95] The Royal Geographical Society of London has conferred its Victoria Gold Medal on Prof. Middendorff for his successful exploration. [96] Lord Colchester's Address before the Royal Geog. Society. London, 1846. [97] Missionary Herald. Vol. XLI. p. 138. [98] Missionary Herald. Vol. XLI. p. 206. [99] English Baptist Missionary Report for 1845. p. 9. [100] It appears that the Baptist Missionary Society in the year ending in March, 1845,[A] expended in India $29,500, of which sum nearly $15,000, or rather more than one half, was expended in making translations of books into various languages. The remainder was for the support of the missionaries, their outfits and passages, the support of native teachers--schools &c. The languages and dialects which have been studied and elucidated and into which books have been translated may be summed up as follows. 32 languages and dialects in India, 4 do. do. in Persia and the Caucasian countries, 5 do. in China and the Indo-Chinese countries, 4 do. in Polynesia.