Extracts From The Constitution Of The Grand Orient Of France.

to bring into contempt either Masons or Masonry , as the violation of Masonic vows , the regular conferring of the degrees . OE PENALTIES . Art . 8 . Masonic penalties applicable to

delinquents may not be inflicted but by a judgment given according to the form prescribed by the present statutes . THE RIGHT OF APPEAL . Art . 21 . The right of appeal exists against any

judgment by the lodges , except such as relate to simple infractions of the bye laAVS . Art . 22 . The declaration of appeal suspends the right of inflicting the punishment , but the brother appealing remains in a state of suspension

until a decision has been given upon his appeal . Art . 23 . The accuser has also the right of appeal , but only in cases where infractions of the laws of the Order are involved . Appeals are transmitted by the Grand Master to the Council of the Order .

Art . 24 . In the case of appeal , the lodge is bound to transmit to the Grand Orient , with the decision , all documents relative to the subject of the appeal . Art . 25 . The jurisdiction of appeal is exercised by the representatives of all the lodges in France .

For this purpose each lodge will elect a special representative . Art . 26 . When the Grand Orient is called to

decide upon an appeal , eleven representatives will be convened from the lodges nearest to the lodge whose decision is appealed against . Art . 27 . The Grand Orient will decide in Avhich lodge the appeal shall be heard .

On The Ordnance Survey Of Sinai.

ON THE ORDNANCE SURVEY OF SINAI .

By Bro . CAPT . CHARLES W . WILSON . ( Concluded from page 128 . ) With regard to the Sinaitic Inscriptions , Mr . Palmer determined on visiting the country to form Ms own opinion on the subject before criticizing

the theories of others : for this purpose he devoted himself to copying and studying the inscriptions on the rocks , and after some time succeeded in deciphering- them by a perfectly independent and self-interpreting process . A cast in plaster was

taken of a bilingual tablet in Greek and Sinaitic , several photographs and paper impressions were taken of others , and Mr . Palmer and Mr . Holland brought home in addition copies of nearly 3000

inscriptions , which were taken under very trying circumstances . I may add that many of Mr . Palmer's conclusions are corroborated by the results obtained by the Count de Vogue , and published in his work on the inscriptions in Central

Syria . The inscriptions consist of detached sentences in an Aramtean dialect ; for the most part proper names , Avith introductory formulas ; but as Mr . Palmer has not yet written his report , I am unable to give any translations .

The folloAving extract relating to the character of the inscriptions is m ? de from an entry in my journal after an examination of those in Wady Mukatteb : —

" The number of inscriptions in Wady Mukatteb may be estimated at about 2000 . The height of the cliffs in the valley has been much exaggerated . The inscriptions are mostly on the loAver hard bed of sandstone , or on blocks Avhich have fallen from

it ; not a dozen occur on the upper beds . Thei'e is only one inscription Avhich cannot easily be reached by climbing , and in this case the softer sandstone below has evidently been broken away since it was made ; except in a few isolated cases

inscriptions are never found more than a few yards from the road through the A ^ alley . In several places unmistakeable bilingual inscriptions , Sinaitic and Greek , by the same hand , are found . There are also many distinct Greek inscriptions of the

same age of the Sinaitic , some of which contain Christian , appear to be of eaily Christian date , The Avriters of the inscriptions possessed a very imperfect knoAvledge of Greek ;

names are frequently Avritten backAvards , as in the Sinaitic inscriptions , and letters such as P are often turned the Avrong Avay . Egyptian names , as JEorus , occur , but the prevailing names are those which end in Baal and Omru . The inscriptions

are probably the work of a trading community settled in the Peninsula , and they are often accompanied by rude draAvings of camels , horses , & c , ancl in one case , of a man leading a cow . Amongst the drawings are several of an obscene character ,

but the larger number are rude representations of the ibex or bedan , Avith enormously exaggerated horns ; there are also figures of Avarriors , with SAVord and shield , or mounted on horseback with lances ; and in one place thero is a spirited

representation of an ibex hunt , the hunter being on foot and accompanied by dogs . The inscriptions have been cut Avith flints , or roughly dotted on to the £ ace of the rock with any hard stone . "