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DOMESTIC HABITS OF THE EGYPTIANS.

capitals, representing the head of the full-Mown papyrus. The
others were in the form of buds of a water-plant; and the

(W. 111.)

difference of height in the columns gave room for a row of
windows in an attic over the centre, to light that part of the
hall. This is the Egyptian style of building described by
Vitruvius, with windows between the upper pillars, as in a
basilica.