D'Athanasi, Giovanni; Salt, Henry [Hrsg.]: A brief account of the researches and discoveries in Upper Egypt: To which is added a detailed catalogue of Mr. Salts collection of Egyptian antiquities (London, 1836)

X PREFACE.

first place mention, that my Journal was origi-
nally written by me in the Greek language, and
that ere I left Leghorn for this country, I en^
trusted it to a friend, who undertook to translate
it into the French language; doubting not, that
shortly after my arrival here I should receive it.
In this I was sadly disapppointed: much delay
from various circumstances took place in its trans-
mission to this country, and much more in its
translation into English, owing to my friend at
Leghorn not entirely understanding the modern
Greek; a circumstance which will fully account
for the errors occasionally occurring in the names
of places and persons, such as Calliot for Calliaud.
Misfortunes shortly after occurring to the book-
seller who had purchased my manuscript, caused
a still further delay, and has thus obliged me to
puolish it on my own account.

Reverting to the subject of the Antiquities, I
would observe, that in the collection I brought
over to this country, there was the mummy of
a priest, contained in a case, for an account of