, "Le Monastere et la necropole de Baouit," in
_Mem. de l'Inst. franc. d'archeol. orient. du Caire_, vol. xii.
(1904), chap. xviii. pl. lxiv. (2); also Fernand Cabrol, _Dict.
d'archeol. chretienne, s.v._ "Baouit."

[10] For an illustration, see Sonnerat, _Voyage aux Indes orientales_
(Paris, 1806), vol. i. p. 182.

[11] _Op. cit._ pp. 4-10.

[12] _Op. cit._ vol. i. p. 3 and pl. ii.

[13] Edward Heron-Allen, _Violin-making as it was and is_ (London,
1884), pp. 37-42, figs. 5-10.

[14] MS. 774, fol. 30. For an illustration of it see Hyacinth Abele,
_Die Violine, ihre Geschichte und ihr Bau_ (Neuburg-a-D., 1874), pl.
5, No. 7.

[15] See CROWD for fig. from the Bible of Charles le Chauve; and also
King David in the Bible of St Paul _extra muros_, Rome (photographic
facsimile by J.O. Westwood, Oxford, 1876).

[16] See _Dictionnaire raisonne du mobilier francais_ (Paris, 1871),
vol. ii. part iv. pp. 265 D. and 266 note.

[17] Marin Mersenne, _L'Harmonie universelle_ (Paris, 1636-1637), pp.
184 and 192.

[18] Vuillaume's diagram and explanation are reproduced by Fetis, op.
cit. pp. 125-128.

BOWDICH, THOMAS EDWARD (1790-1824), English traveller and author, was
born at Bristol in 1790. In 1814, through his uncle, J. Hope-Smith,
governor of the British Gold Coast Settlements, he obtained a writership
in the service of the African Company of Merchants and was sent to Cape
Coast. In 1817 he was sent, with two companions, to Kumasi on a mission
to the king of Ashanti, and chiefly through his skilful diplomacy the
mission succeeded in its object of securing British control over the
coast natives (see ASHANTI: _History_). In 1818 Bowdich returned to
England, and in 1819 published an account of his mission and of the
study he had made of the barbaric court of Kumasi, entitled _Mission
from Cape Coast Castle to Ashantee, &c._ (London, 1819). His African
collections he presented to the British Museum. Bowdich publicly
attacked the management of the African committee, and his strictures
were instrumental in leading the British government to assume direct
control over the Gold Coast. From 1820 to 1822 Bowdich lived in Paris,
studying mathematics and the natural sciences, and was on intimate terms
with Cuvier, Humboldt and other savants. During his stay in France he
edited several works on Africa, and also wrote scientific works. In
1822, accompanied by hi