sentences:  He made many journeys on the Nile to Upper Egypt where he acquired papyri and artefacts.An amateur, he had a good understanding of hieroglyphs, as was acknowledged by Heinrich Karl Brugsch.His collection included
  
  Selima Harris, his natural daughter, offered his collection for sale in 1871 for £10,000; and it was bought by Samuel Birch of the British Museum in 1872.