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perpetually harassed by vain pursuits ov< p Sandy perilous wilds,
in the hope of exterminating a foe whose amity might have en-
sured them the undisturbed possession of the whole country.
II AD JAR SI I,SILT.
About eight miles below Onibos, the river is confined within a
narrow deep bed by two prominent rocks, known by the name of
Iladjar Silsili, or the Rocks of the Chain j from a tradition that
they were formerly connected by means of an iron chain. We
landed at first on the left bank, and visited the quarries of sand-
stone, and the catacombs on that side. These last arc in gene-
ral close to the river, and cut into the side of the perpendicular
pock, so as only to be approached by difficult and narrow paths.
There were no vestiges to be seen of the places where the mum-
mies of the families to which they belonged had been deposited;
but each of them is adorned by one, two or more effigies of those
interred within. These figures are generally hewn out of the solid
wall, and are represented either sitting on benches, or standing,
or kneeling, Avith their legs doubled under their haunches. Some-
times a male figure, at others a female, is seen single; in some
places a man and woman, in others a man between two women,
who have each one arm thrown'over his shoulders, the other on
their lap or breast. The head-dress of the; men is, as usual, pro-
jecting at the sides ; that of the women falls over the neck and
shoulders very thick and full. On the; walls are represented in
the common Egyptian bas-relief other figures with palm branches
in their hands, presenting offerings to a male and female figure
sitting, probably the principal relations of the deceased. These
consisted in general of live animals, as the ox, sheep, antelope or
calf, or the head and legs of slaughtered victims; besides fruits,,
cakes,.
perpetually harassed by vain pursuits ov< p Sandy perilous wilds,
in the hope of exterminating a foe whose amity might have en-
sured them the undisturbed possession of the whole country.
II AD JAR SI I,SILT.
About eight miles below Onibos, the river is confined within a
narrow deep bed by two prominent rocks, known by the name of
Iladjar Silsili, or the Rocks of the Chain j from a tradition that
they were formerly connected by means of an iron chain. We
landed at first on the left bank, and visited the quarries of sand-
stone, and the catacombs on that side. These last arc in gene-
ral close to the river, and cut into the side of the perpendicular
pock, so as only to be approached by difficult and narrow paths.
There were no vestiges to be seen of the places where the mum-
mies of the families to which they belonged had been deposited;
but each of them is adorned by one, two or more effigies of those
interred within. These figures are generally hewn out of the solid
wall, and are represented either sitting on benches, or standing,
or kneeling, Avith their legs doubled under their haunches. Some-
times a male figure, at others a female, is seen single; in some
places a man and woman, in others a man between two women,
who have each one arm thrown'over his shoulders, the other on
their lap or breast. The head-dress of the; men is, as usual, pro-
jecting at the sides ; that of the women falls over the neck and
shoulders very thick and full. On the; walls are represented in
the common Egyptian bas-relief other figures with palm branches
in their hands, presenting offerings to a male and female figure
sitting, probably the principal relations of the deceased. These
consisted in general of live animals, as the ox, sheep, antelope or
calf, or the head and legs of slaughtered victims; besides fruits,,
cakes,.