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My dkau I. ads, Thanks to the caio with whicli the Egyptians depict id ti|.()ii the Willis of their seimlchres th«! minutest doings of th«'ir (hiily hfe, to the dryness of tlie climate which has i>re- siTvcd these records uninjured for so many thousand years, juid to the indefatigable lai)Our of modern investigators, we know far more of the manners and customs of the Kgyptians, of their jnethotls of work, their sports and amusements, their piililic festivals, and domestic life, than we do of those (»f |M'(»[»les comparatively modern. Aly object in the jufsciit story has been to give you as lively a jMcture as p«>ssible of tliiit life, drawn from the bulky pages of Sir J. CJardner Wilkinson and other writers on the same subject. I have hiid the scene in the time of Thotmes III., one of the great- est of the Egyptian monarchs, ])eing surpasse Mysa hkwaii. thk Dkath ok Nkco, .... 157 TllK HllUNG-PLACK OK ClIEUUoN A.VIl Hlii FuiENlJH, . . . 2i>5 Thk Highway ok Egypt", 271 " Long live Amuba, King ok the Rebu 340 n Aix THE CAT OF BUBASTES. THAPTRU L THE KING OF THE REBU THE sun was blazing down upon a city on the western shore of the Caspian. It was a primitive city, and yet its size and popuhition rendered it worthy of the term. It consisted of a vast aggregation of ))uihlings, which were for the most i>art mere huts. Among them rose, however, a few of more solid buihl and of higher pretensions. These were the abodes of the chiefs and great men, the temples, and places of assendjly. Ihit, although larger and more solidly built, these buildings could lay noclaim to architectural beauty of any kind, but were little more than magnified huts, and even the king's palace was but a coiiectio ;. of such buildings closely adjoining each other. The town was surrounded by a lofty wall with battle- ments and loopholes, and a similar but higher wall girt in the dwellings of the king and of his principal captains. The stieets were alive with the busy multitude; and it was evi- dent that, although in the arts of peace the nation had made but little progress, they had in everything appertaining to war made great advances. Most of the men wore hehnets closely tittiiig to the head and surmounted by a spike. These were for the most part com})osed of hammered brass, although some of the head-pieces were made of tough hide, studded with knobs of metal. All carried round shields — those of the soldiers, of leather still'ened with metal; those of the captains, of brass, worked with considerable elaboration. '!l 10 A RACE OF WARRIORS. In their belts all wore daggers, while at their backs were slung quivers of iron; painted bows hung over one shoulder, and some had at their waist a pouch of smooth flat stones and leather slings. Their chief garment was a sort of kilt falling to the knee. Above the waist some wore only a thin vest of white linen, others a garment not unlike the night- gown of modern times, but with short sleeves. The kilt was worn over this. Some had breast-pieces of thick leather confined by straps behind; while in the case of the officers the leather was covered with small pieces of metal, forming a cuirass. All carried two or three javelins in the left hand, and a spear some ten feet long in the right. Horsemen galloped about at full speed to and from the royal palace, while occasionally chariots, drawn sometimes by one, sometimes by two horses, dashed along. These chariots were small, the wheels not exceeding three feet in height. Between them was placed the body of the vehicle, which was but just large enough for two men to stand on. It consisted only of a small platform, with a semicircular rail running round the front some eigliteon inches above it. A close observer would have perceived at once that not only were the males of the city upon the point of marching out on a military expedition, but that it was no mere foray against a neighbouring people, but a war on which the safety of the city depended. Women were standing in tearful groups as they watched the soldiers making towards the gates. The men themselves had a resolute and determined look, but there was none of the light-hearted gaiety among them which betokened the ex- pectation of success and triumph. Inside the palace the bustle of preparation was as marked as without. The king and his principal councillors and loaders wcro assembled in the great circular hut which formed the audience-room and council- chamber. Messengers arrived in close succession with news of the progress and strength of the enemy, or with messages A COUN'CIL OF WAR. 11 from the neighbouring towns and tribes as to the contih- kjents tliey had furnished, and the time at which these had set out to join the army. Tlie king himself was a tall and warlike figure, in the [prime of life. He had led his warriors on miiny successful [expeditions far to the west, and had repulsed with great jloss the attemi»ts of the Persians to encroach upon his territory. Standing beliind him was his son, Amubu, a lad of some fifteen years of age. The king and his councillors, las well as all the wealthier inhabitants of the city, wore, in jaiMition to the kilt and linen jacket, a long robe highly {coloured and ornamented with fanciful devices, and having a broad rich border. It was fastened at the neck with a large brooch, fell loosely from the shoulders to the ankles, and was open in front. The girdles which retained the kilts and in which the daggers were worn were highly ornamented, and the ends fell down in front and terminated in large I tassels. All wore a profusion of necklaces, bracelets, and other joniamonts of gold; many of the chiefs wore feathers in I their helmets, and the greater portion of all ranks had I figures tattooed on their arms and legs. They were fair in |cuini)lexion, with blue eyes; their hair was for the most part golden or red, and they wore their beards short and pointed. [The young Princ^ Amuba was attired for the field; his litlniet was of gold, and his cuirass covered with plates of the same metal. He listened with su|)pressed impatience to tiio aiguments of his elders, for he was eager to bo oft", tliis being the first time that he had been permitted to take })art in the military expeditions of his country. After listening for some time and perceiving that there was no prospect of the council breaking up, he retired to the large hut adjoining the council-chamber. This served as the dwelling-place of the la