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C&ap. III.] THE C'OFFIX.----BOATS. 145
arranged in four lines, representingthe lamentations*
of the women and the approach of the baris or coffin^
contain ing the body of the deceased, drawn on a sledge
by four oxen. In the second line men advance with
different insignia belonging to the king Amunoph;
in the third, with various offerings, a chariot, chairs,
and other objects; f and in the last line a priest,
followed by the chief mourners, officiates before
the boats, in which are seated the basilico-grammat
and his sister. J " The rudders," as Herodotus §
observes, " are passed through the keel" in their
larger boats of burthen, while those of smaller
size have one on either side. They consist, like
the other, of a species of large paddle, |] with a rope
fastened to the upper end, by which their sway on
the centre of motion is regulated to and fro. One
square sail, lowered at pleasure over the cabin,
with a yard at the top and bottom, is suspended at
* They had also hired mourners, like the Romans, and as at
the present day in Egypt, " qui conducti plorant in funere."—•
Hor. Ar. Poet.
f The small wooden chambers, about the height of a man, so
frequently seen in these tombs, were used as repositories for
mummies or as sedan chairs, which being placed on sledges, were
drawn by their servants. They were even put into boats as a
temporary cabin. Palanquins were also used by the grandees.
| Though it was a common custom of the Egyptians to marry
their sisters, it does not appear that she was also his wife, as this
would not be omitted in the hieroglyphics. Vide Diodor. i. s. 27;
Hieroglyphics passim, conf.; also the History of the Ptolemies ,-
Isis and Osiris, &c.
§ Herodot. lib. ii. s. 96.
II As in the Birmese and other boats.
ii
arranged in four lines, representingthe lamentations*
of the women and the approach of the baris or coffin^
contain ing the body of the deceased, drawn on a sledge
by four oxen. In the second line men advance with
different insignia belonging to the king Amunoph;
in the third, with various offerings, a chariot, chairs,
and other objects; f and in the last line a priest,
followed by the chief mourners, officiates before
the boats, in which are seated the basilico-grammat
and his sister. J " The rudders," as Herodotus §
observes, " are passed through the keel" in their
larger boats of burthen, while those of smaller
size have one on either side. They consist, like
the other, of a species of large paddle, |] with a rope
fastened to the upper end, by which their sway on
the centre of motion is regulated to and fro. One
square sail, lowered at pleasure over the cabin,
with a yard at the top and bottom, is suspended at
* They had also hired mourners, like the Romans, and as at
the present day in Egypt, " qui conducti plorant in funere."—•
Hor. Ar. Poet.
f The small wooden chambers, about the height of a man, so
frequently seen in these tombs, were used as repositories for
mummies or as sedan chairs, which being placed on sledges, were
drawn by their servants. They were even put into boats as a
temporary cabin. Palanquins were also used by the grandees.
| Though it was a common custom of the Egyptians to marry
their sisters, it does not appear that she was also his wife, as this
would not be omitted in the hieroglyphics. Vide Diodor. i. s. 27;
Hieroglyphics passim, conf.; also the History of the Ptolemies ,-
Isis and Osiris, &c.
§ Herodot. lib. ii. s. 96.
II As in the Birmese and other boats.
ii