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P. 4. ') Maspero, Histoire ancienne des Peuples de
/'Orient, p. 2. Paris, 1S75.
2) R. S. Poole, The Cities of Egypt, p. 5- "The
rate of increase of the soil is about four inches
and a half in a century."
P. 5. 3) Herodotos, ii. 5. For accurate account of
overflow, vid. Osburn, The Monumental His-
tory of Egypt, vol. i. pp. 9-14.
') R. Hartmann's Zeitschrift der Gescllschaft fur
Erd-kunde, Berlin, 1872, vii. S. 437"537; and
Bastian und Hartmann's Zeitschrift fur Eth-
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Maspero, op. c. p. 17. Lepsius, " Ucber die
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Steinalters in Egypten," in Zeitschrift'fur Aegypt-
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s) Renan, Histoire comparee des Langues Simitiqucs,

I. 2, § 4.
6) Bonomi, Trans, of Soc. of Bib. Arch. London,
vol. iv. p. 251.
P. 6. 7) Mariette, K'amak, £tudc topographique ct
archeologique, p. 42.
6) Records of the Past: being English translations
of the Assyrian and Egyptian monuments, pub-
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Arch., London, vol. ii. p. 70. " War of Barne-
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«) Exod. i. 11. R. S. Pocle, Discoveries in Tell-
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P. 7. Ic) Much of the architecture is most shabbily
put together, as appears on columns where the
outer coating is torn off; this feature being a
great contrast to the careful workmanship in
Greek buildings. Vid, Mariette, Voyage dans la
Haute Egyptc, p. 59.
"I Maspero, Recucil de Traraux rclatifs a hi Phi-
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I2) Chabas, Etudes stir I'Antiquitchistorique d'apres
les Sources Hgyptitnnet et les Monuments, 2d ed.,
P- 3-3-

P. 8. I3) Pharaoh born of Phtah. Vid. Naville,
Trans, of Soc. of Bib. Arch. vii. p. 119.
M) F. Lenormant, Les premieres Civilizations, tome
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before pylons and in courts, and the usual fig-
ures of gods in metal or stone.

15) F. Lenormant, Manuel d'Histoire ancienne,
tome i. J3. 485.

16) Mariette, Catalogue general des Monuments
d'Abydos decouvcrtespendant les Fouillesde cette
Ville, Paris, 1SS0, p. 28.

17) Records of the Past, ii. p. 98. Insc. of Pianchi
Mer-Amon.

IS) Mariette, Kamak, p. 42.
P. 9. '') Maspero, Bulletin Iiebdomadaire de i'Associa-
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2C) P. LePage Renouf, The Hibbert Lectures, 1S79,
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21) Picrret, Lc Dogmc de la Resurrection, p. 10.

22) Maspero, Gescltichte der Morgenlandischen
I oikern, iibersetzt v. R. Pietschmann, S. 88.

P. 10. 23) This fact was kindly communicated to me
by Dr. Samuel Birch.

2i) Passalacqua, Catalogue raisouue ct historique
des Antiquitls decouvcrtes en Egyptc, pp. 123,
'51-

2S) The hungry eidolon of the Greeks, and the
dreaded shade of the Romans, also required,
for future happiness, food and drink. Even
as late as Demosthenes' time, neglect in feed-
ing the dead was thought to bring disaster upon
the whole city: vid. Fustel de Coulanges, La
Cite Antique, p. 14 (Amer. ed., pp. 17, 21);
and Perrot, VEloquence politique et jtuiiciarc a
Athbtes, pp. 359-364. The Chinaman of to-
day, in response to this spirit common to all
naive peoples, puts dishes of savory viands on
the graves of his deceased friends.

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