Memorandum on the subject of the Earl of Elgin's pursuits in Greece (London, 1811)

ing islands; more than thirty monasteries
pn Mount Athos; and various other reli-
gious establishments throughout Greece,
and the islands of the Archipelago. From
these, they brought home a great many
MSSi which to them appeared valuable ;
as well as a particular catalogue and
description of such as they were obliged
to leave behind them.

In proportion as Lord Elgin's plan
advanced, and the means accumulated in
his hands towards affording an accurate
knowledge of the works of architecture
and sculpture in Athens and in Greece, it
became a subject of anxious inquiry with
him, in what way the greatest degree of
benefit could be derived to the arts from
what he had been so fortunate as to
procure.

In regard to the works of the architects
employed by him, he had naturally, from
the beginning, looked forward to their
being engraved : and accordingly all such