Boats, streamers of, ii. 127.

raised places at the head and
stern of, i. 413; ii. 128.
painted, ii. 127.

clean and well washed, ii. 129.
made of sont, or Acacia wood, ii.
129.

, pullies, doubtful if used in, ii.
130, 131.

–, rigging of, ii. 130.

built with ribs, and little or no
keel, ii. 126.

with and without a cabin, ii.
123-125, 127, 129.

of burthen, cabins of, ii. 129.
-, square sails of, ii. 126, 128.
with coloured and embroidered
sails, ii. 131, cut 167.

sails of, how reefed and furled,
i. 412; ii. 126, 130.

sails of, had yard at the top and
bottom, ii. 126, 128.

sails of, had one yard in old
times, ii. 126.

Bocchoris the Wise, a great legis-
dator, ii. 217.

Body, reason for preserving the, ii.

380.

Boiled meats seldom eaten by
Homer's heroes, i. 173.

Bottle held on the thumb, i. 165.
Bottles, i. 155, 157, 158, 164, 165.

and vases stopped with leaves,
i. 165.

Bouquet of the Mareotic wine, i. 49.
Bouquets at parties, i. 57.

among the offerings to the Gods,
i. 257, 258.

Bow of the Koofa, i. 349.

of Egypt, i. 349, 350.

mode of stringing the, i. 350.
mode of drawing the, i. 222, 351.
guard on the wrist, in using
the, i. 351.

and arrows for the chase, i. 221.
cover used by infantry, i. 354.
case, i. 354.

suspended at the side of a cha-
riot, i. 375.

string of catgut, i. 351.

string used for entangling an
enemy, i. 351.

Bow the knee, abrek, bérek, ii. 203.
Box, curious mode of fastening the
lid of a, i. 163, 164.

Boxes of wood of various forms for
ornament, and for the toilet table,
i. 159-164.

lids of, ii. 115–117.

of ebony and ivory, ii. 117.
with pointed top, i. 164; ii. 115,

mode of opening, ii. 116, 117.
Boy. See Child.

Boys watched the grapes, i. 43.
Brass cups, i. 82, 180.

money, ii. 150.

Bread with seeds, i. 177, 179.

cakes of, in form of leaves, cro-
codile's head, &c., i. 177, 266.

shape of rolls of, i. 176, 177, 179,
266.

made of wheat, or barley, or
doora, i. 179. See Doora.

-, error of Herodotus respecting
wheaten, i. 180.

Brickmakers. See Bricks.

with taskmasters, as described
in the Bible, ii. 195.

Bricks led to the invention of the
arch, i. 18; ii. 304.

houses of crude, i. 6, 18; ii. 8.
houses of crude, stuccoed, i. 6.
Iderived from mass of mud first
used for building, ii. 281.

-, captives and Egyptians made,
ii. 195.

made with, and without, straw,
ii. 194.

preserved to this day, ii. 194.
horizontal courses of, in curved
lines, ii. 194.

burnt, of Roman time, ii. 194.
a government monopoly, ii. 194,
195.

-, stamped, ii. 195.

-, great use of, ii. 194, 195.

Jews made, but not represented
on the monuments, ii. 195, 197.

called Tobi, as in Arabic, ii. 197.
British bronze weapons, perhaps
Phoenician, ii. 136.

Bronze, or brass, cups, i. 82, 180.
alloys in, i. 148.

-blades elastic, i. 148; ii. 159.
of excellent quality, i. 148.
the earliest cast, ii. 160, 161.
use of, ii. 152-155.

weapons in Britain. See British.
tools, how tempered, ii. 156.
chisel found at Thebes, ii. 158.
patina upon, ii. 159. See Metals,
and Metallurgy.
Bruce's harpers, i. 108-110.
Bubastis, Tel Basta. See Fête.

raised more than any town, as a
protection against the inundation,
ii. 9, 209.

Buffoonery, the Egyptians fond of, i.
73, 100, 210.

Buffoons, i. 100-103.

Buildings. See Architecture.

-, oldest, were of limestone, ii. 305.
Bull-fights, i. 209, 300, 301.
Bulls, sacred, i. 248, 288, 289.
Apis.

Bureaucratie in Egypt, ii. 176.
Burial refused, i. 325; ii. 376.

See

refused even to a king if bad, i.
314, 379.

Bushes dragged over the mud, ii. 11.
Butchers sharpening knives on a
steel, i. 169, 170.

Buto, fête of Latona at, i. 296, 298.
Byblus. See Papyrus.

Byrsa, the citadel of Carthage, ii. 93.

-, a name found in the East, ii. 93.
Byssus is linen, not cotton, ii. 73.
Byzantine and other styles of archi-
tecture, ii. 305.

Cabbages eaten to excite them to
drink, 1. 53.

Cabinet-makers. See Carpenters.
Cabins. See Boats.

Calasiries (Klashr) soldiers, i. 337,
338.

Calasiris, fringed dress called, ii. 91,
321.

Cambyses invaded Egypt, i. 309.
Caffass of palm branches, i. 71.
Cairo, Mulkufs on the houses of,
vignette A, i. 1.

Cakes of various shapes in offerings,
i. 266.

with seeds, i. 177, 266; ii. 31.

Calf, golden, i. 140.

Camel not represented, i. 234.

Camp, i. 406, 407.

Camp-stools, i. 63.

Canals carrying the water through
the lands, ii. 5, 7, 10.

mouths of the, dammed up to
keep in the water, ii. 11.
Canopus vase, ii. 391.
Captives.
mies.

See Prisoners. See Ene-

represented supporting tables
and chairs, and on sandals, i. 68, 69;
ii. 287, 333.

represented slain by the king
on the façades of the temples, alle-
gorical, and found on the monu-
ments of the Ptolemies and Cæsars,
i. 411.

Car. See Chariot.
Carchemish, defeat of Necho at, i.
309.

fortified town of, i. 308, 309.
Caricatures of women, i. 52; ii. 276.
Carpenters and Cabinetmakers, ii.
109, 111-119.

tools of the, ii. 111-114.

work of the, ii. 111-119.

Carpets, i. 68; ii. 92, 93.

Carriage with four wheels, i. 384.
for travelling (or plaustrum), i.
384, 385.

Carthamus, ii. 22, 34.

Cartonage of mummies, ii. 396, 397.
Carts of the Tokkari, i. 392.
Cassiterides, ii. 134-136.
Castes. See Classes.

Castor Oil, and castorberry tree, ii.
23, 24, 29.

mode of extracting, ii. 23, 24.
Cat used as a retriever, i. 236, 238.
sacred, i. 246.

wild, or chaus, i. 230, 246.
Catgut strings of lyre and other in-
struments, i. 118, 122, 123, 125.
Cattle of different kinds, i. 231.
stall fed, i. 27; ii. 49.

Ceres and Isis, i. 297.

wolves led a priest to the temple
of, i. 299.

Chair, a monkey tied to the leg of a,
i. 145.

Chairs, i. 58-65.

double and single, i. 62.

the Egyptians sat on, i. 58.
kangaroo, i. 64, 65.

Changes made in the Egyptian re-
ligion, i. 328-330.
Chaplets, numerous, i. 57.

of nightshade in Egypt, ii. 33.
Character of the Egyptians, i. 2, 3,
210; ii. 210, 227. See Conquest.

modes of telling the, i. 210, 211.
Chariot with complete furniture, i.
376.

held two persons, i. 368, 370.
sometimes held three, i. 368, 370.
the king alone in his, i. 371.
the king had a "second," i. 371.
had no seat, i. 373.
was of wood, i. 373.

bent pole of the, i. 374.

driver was on the off side of the,
i. 371.

-, parts of the, i. 375.

-, process of making a, i. 377, 378.
partly made by carpenters,
partly by curriers, i. 377.
makers, ii. 117.

bow and arrow, and spear cases
suspended on the, i. 377.

wheels of the, i. 379.

drawing of, in perspective, i.
380, 382.

mode of fastening, and parts of
the harness of a war, i. 379, 381.
had only two horses, i. 381.
for travelling (or plaustrum), i.
384, 385.

or car in the Florence Museum,
i. 385, 386.

with mules, i. 384, 385.

of the Rot-ǹ-n, i. 376.
Chariot-corps, i. 368, 371, 386.
Charioteer, i. 368, 370, 371.

often a person of consequence,
i. 372.

Chariots of silver and gold, others
painted, i. 375.

-, guests arrived in, i. 73, 74, 76.
of gentlemen in towns, i. 371.
of princes, i. 370.

Charms, ii. 352.

-, or bullas, worn by children,
ii. 330.

Charon, origin of, ii. 375, 377.
Chase, i. 212, 214, 218, 221, 224.
a favourite pastime, i. 212.

in the grounds of grandees, and
nets enclosing a space for the, i.213.
Chemistry and metallic oxides, know-
ledge of, ii. 67.

and dyeing cloths, ii. 67.
Cherubim like the winged figures of
Truth in the arks, i. 271.

Chevron ornament in Egypt, ii. 290.
Chickens, or fowls, treatment of, ii.
184.

Child, lock of hair indicative of a, i.
311, 372.

accompanied its parents when
fishing and fowling, i. 235, 237.
Children of priests, education of, i. 321,
-'s hair, ii. 328.

education of, ii. 226.

of common people, i. 322.
of slaves, ii. 225.

severity of duties of, ii. 225.
respect of, to parents, ii. 225.
not swaddled, and mode of car-
rying, ii. 330.

Chinese bottles, ii. 68, 69, 70.

probable date of, ii. 70.
Chisels, ii. 113, 114. See Bronze.
Choristers, i. 92.

often blind, i. 94, 95.
Chorus of many persons, i. 92.
Christian story offers fine subjects for
art, ii. 294.

Clappers, or Crotala, i. 99, 100, 129,
130, 135, 296.

used in dances, i. 135.
Clapping the hands, i. 92. See Hands.
Class the 1st and the 2nd, priests and
soldiers, i. 316; ii. 2.

Class 3rd, huntsmen, gardeners, boat-

men, peasants, &c., ii. 2, 54, 55.
Class 4th, members of the, ii. 2, 56.
Class 5th, members of the, ii. 2.
Classes, five, of the Egyptians, not
castes, i. 316; ii. 2.

according to Herodotus, Dio-
dorus, Strabo, and Plato, ii. 1, 2.
Clay used for pottery, ii. 107.

kneaded by the foot, ii. 107.
Cloth, manufacture of, ii. 85, 86, 89.
calendering, ii. 91, 92.

Clover, dried, called in Arabic Drees,
ii. 21, 48, 49.

Club of rude shape, i. 364.

(lissán) or curved stick, i. 365.
used by foreigners (woodcut), i.

338, 365.

Colossi. See Statues.

Colossus on a sledge, at El Bersheh,
ii. 307, 308. See Frontispiece to
vol. ii.

Colour of temples, ii. 281, 290, 291.
of statues, ii. 279.

Colours, nature of their, ii. 292.

taste in the arrangement of, ii.
293.

- applied to wood on a coating of
stucco, ii. 111.

Coloured, and glazed tiles, ii, 288, 292.
Column thrown down by one of the
guests at a party, i. 146.

supporting a statue, not good
taste, i. 21.
Columns, eight orders of Egyptian, ii.
285, 286.

-, palm tree and other, ii. 283.
Caryatide from the Osiride, ii.

286.

slender, reaching to the top of
the house, i. 20, 21; ii. 286.

of our modern houses, i. 20.
variety of, in the same hal, ii.
296, 297.

-, square, or pillars, the oldest, ii.
281.

polygonal, ii. 282–284.

half drums of, ii. 284.

Combs, ii. 342, 343.

Committees never responsible, ii.295.
Commutation. See Punishments.
Confectioners, i. 174, 177.
Confession of the dead, ii. 201.
Conquest of a country does not en-
tirely change the character of a
people, i. 2; ii. 227.

Conquests of the Egyptians, i. 308,
390-416.

Convent, or college, of women, i. 319.
Conversation considered the charm of
society, i. 146.

Cook. See Baker.
Cooking meat, i. 174, 175, 178,
Cooks, i. 170, 174-178.
Coopers, ii. 117.

occupation of, ii. 166.

Copper, use of, or bronze, when
alloyed with tin, ii. 152, 158.

mines in Egypt, ii. 155. See
Bronze.

Copt, refusing to pay taxes, story of,
ii. 213.

Coptos, pottery of, ii. 107.

Corbag whips, i. 240.

Corn, six ears of, offered by the king,
i. 273.

and other produce sown, ii. 39.
See Wheat.

Corn country, i. 173.

Coronation. See King."

Corslet, or coat of scale armour, i.
366, 367.

worked in colours, i. 367, 368.
bronze, scales of, with the name
of Sheshonk (Shishak), i. 368.

of Amasis, with gold thread, ii.
81, 82.
Cotton cloth, ii. 74.

used by the priests, ii. 74.
not Byssus, ii. 73.

Couches, i. 68, 69.
Cow. See Athor.
Cow's head on a pilaster, ii. 286.
Credulity, reaction of, i. 211.

injury arising from, i. 325, 328.
Criminals. See Punishments. See
Bastinado.

when not transported, ii. 215.
Crocodile, mode of catching the, i.
241, 242, 244.

venerated in some, hated in other
places, i. 242, 332.

242.

attacked by the Tentyrites, i.

a timid animal, i. 242.

mode of attack of the, i. 243.
size of the, i. 243.

eaten at Apollinopolis, i. 241.
held in abhorrence at Apollino-
polis, Tentyris, and Heracleopolis,
i. 242.

and the trochilus, i. 243.

moves the lower jaw, i. 197.
toy of the, i. 197.

-, eggs of the, i. 243.

Crocodile's eggs destroyed by the
ichneumon, i. 229.

Crocodilopolis. See Arsinoë. See Athri-

bis.

Crops, several, ii. 20, 21, 25, 39, 49, 50.

See Plants.

Cross, sign of life put for the, i. 277.
Cross-legged, poor people sat, i. 53.

they did not generally sit, i. 58.
Crotala, or clappers. See Clappers.
Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt
(called Pshent), i. 257, 269; ii. 323,
325.

- put on by the king, i. 273.

put on the king's head by the
gods, i. 276.

Cruelty of Asiatics, i. 3.

not commonly practised by the
Egyptians, i. 3, 406, 410.

Occasional acts of, i. 410.

Cubit, ii. 256-259.

of same length at different times,
ii. 257.

of the Nilometer, ii. 257-259.
Cullenders. See Strainers.

Cups, i. 180.

See Vases.

Dancing, clapped their hands while,
i. 135.

in the temple, i. 140.

Darabooka drum, i. 93, 98.
Darics gold coins, ii. 150, 151.
Darius introduced good laws into
Egypt, ii. 229.
Date-wine, i. 56.
Dates, i. 55.

-, preserve of, i. 181.

of Korayn, called Amaree, ii. 37.
David danced, i. 140.

gold and silver collected by, ii.
243.

Days of the Epact, the 5 days added
to the 360, i. 281; ii. 252, 254.

and night divided into 12 hours,
ii. 319.
Dead, did not cut themselves for the,
ii. 374.

no degradation offered to the, ii.
379.

numerous ceremonies of the, ii.
119, 357-363, 365-375, 383-390.

body, if found, was embalmed at
the expense of the district, ii. 388.
trial of the, ii. 375, 377, 378.

intestines of the, ii. 388, 390, 391.
lake of the, ii. 377.

objects buried with the, ii. 319.
Death of individuals, songs on the, i.
97.

Death, soul after, ii. 329, 357.
Debt, laws respecting, ii. 217, 218.
no arrest for, ii. 217.

, gave tomb of a parent as a
pledge for, ii. 218, 376.

increased by luxury, and fond-
ness for imitation, ii. 218, 219.
Decimal and duodecimal calculation,
ii. 178.

Decorative design, the province of, ii.
288.

-works by celebrated artists,ii.280.
Decoy bird, i. 236.

Dedication of a temple, i. 271, 272.
Deeds, mode of executing, ii. 219.
number of witnesses for, ii. 219,

222.

-, form of, for sale of small pro-
perty, ii. 220–222.

Deity, division of the, into his attri-
butes, i. 327, 329

unity of the, i. 327.

Delta, villages of the, like islands dur-
ing the inundation, ii. 7.

the water and the land rise less
in the, ii. 7, 9.