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present volume shows the main results of the second Sir Robert ond Desert Expedition:
a selection of engravings and paintings collected in the Western Desert. If the reader finds
profit in this new and partly quite unexpected material, he may join his thanks with ours.
may remember that it was Sir Robert nd who generously enabled us to carry out these
researches, and who encouraged the work by his vivid and permanent interest.
ach photograph is accompanied by the number of the site and the number of its nega
tive. Every drawing which I have chalked out (orinked) I have also photographed beforetouch
ing up.

It

me important to state the colours of the rock-paintings as exactly as possible.

purpose
used for this
Dr. stwalds Unesma Farbentafeln, an instrument comprising some
hundreds of shades of colour. y holding the sheets with the numbered colour shades of the
Unesma Farbentafeln against the paintings on the rocks
could describe the colour of the

seemed

to

painting by the corresponding number in the Farbentafeln. In Cairo

had enlargements of
certain of the rock-paintings made and gave these to an artist, r. . lm. made
tracings from these enlargements, and I gave him the numbers of the colours in the Unesma
Farbentafeln for each detail of the painting as well as of the stone. was then able to recon
struct these desert paintings. The coloured plate of this volume is one of the results.
he full collection of negatives and prints is kept in the library of the Egypt Exploration
Society, where they may be seen.

For the last month of the season joined the expedition of r. . . ers and jor
. . agnold, who were exploring the Gilfel-kebir and "Uwnat. I am much indebted to both,
as also to the following members of their expedition: r. rence Gray, r. R. F. Peel, and
Every one helped me in my researches. r. ers and r. Gray looked
r. . alamudian.
rock-drawings
during
for
their exploration of the Eastern Gilf. The result was negative. This
negative result is as important as a positive one; it limits the area of the artists of "Uwnat to
oneside. t'Uwnat ior Bagnold discoveredsite 75 at a place hidden high on the mountains,
and r. Gray guided me to this place, which is somewhat difficult to find. r. lamudian took
much trouble in finding new sites. discovered sites 74 and 80. It was a further advantage
of this joint expedition that we could discuss archaeological, ethnological, and climatological
duestions on the spot in the long evenings. Each contributed his share.
During my work in the asis area I enjoyed the help of the Governor of the ases,
hammed Wasfi y, and his officials.
had many advantageous discussions, in Cairo with r. G. W. urray, Director of the
Desert Survey, Father . vier-Lapierre, and my friend r. Joseph Dudler; in England with
rof. . . Newberry, Prof. . Gunn, Prof. S. R. . Glanville, ssrs. G. runton, D. Newbold,
Sidney Smith, and . J. raunholtz.

r. . . rs has kindly sent to me the following note on the sherds and stone
implements which has arrived in time for me to include it here.
have examined the sherds and stone implements from your sites and r. er

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