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. 58.

-, 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.
Cups of brass, or bronze, i. 82.
Curriers and shoemakers, ii. 10-105.
Cush, or Ethiopia, i. 402, 404.
Cutch, club of the people of, i. 364.
Cylinders very ancient in Egypt, long
before, and not borrowed from, the
Assyrians, ii. 341.
Cymbals, i. 99, 100.

Cyperus, various kinds of, ii. 96.

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.

Dentists, ii. 350.

Desert, edge of the, cultivated, ii. 20.
Diana. See Pasht.
Dice, i. 195, 196.

Dido and the bull's hide, ii. 93. See
Byrsa.

Dining, mode of, i. 167.

Dinner, they sat round a small table
at, i. 167, 181, 182.

number of dishes at, i. 167, 180.
preparation of, i. 165.

at noon, i. 73, 174, 179.

, occupation of guests before, i. 76.
Discoveries and inventions often
effects of chance, ii. 84.

Dishes of various kinds, i. 167, 180.
Divans, i. 58.

Doctors, ii. 350-352.

-, feeling the pulse, ii. 352.
Dog, mummies of the fox-, i. 231.
Dogs in fashion at different times, i.
231.

often appear to be chosen for

their ugliness, i. 231.

breeds of, i. 230, 231.

hunting with, i. 218.

coupled, i. 218, 219.

Dôm tree, or Theban palm, i. 56, 57.
nut of the fruit of the, i. 56; ii.

28, 113.

fruit of the, like our ginger-
bread, i. 56.

Doora, or holcus sorghum, bread of
the, i. 179; ii. 3, 22, 25.

plucked up by the roots, and
the head stripped off by a spiked
instrument, ii. 50, 51.
Doors, i. 13, 15-17, 28.

hinges, and keys, i. 15, 16.

single and double valves, opened

inwards, i. 17.

sentences written over, i. 6.

of store-rooms for grain, i. 14, 32.

Doorways, i. 9, 15-17, 26.

Doqáq, of ground lupins, for washing,
instead of soap, i. 186.

Double pipe, i. 128, 129.

used in sacred music, i. 129.
Dovetailing, ii. 111.
Doura. See Doora.

Dramatic entertainments, Greek, i.
100.

Draughts, game of, i. 189, 190, 191,
192, 193.

Drawing much studied in France, ii.
275.

and sculpture preceded writing,
ii. 270.

of a king and a queen, i. 317.
Dresses of dancing women, i. 138.
of huntsmen, i. 215.

of priests, i. 319, 320, 333-335.
of soldiers, i. 365, 366.

of mercenary troops, i. 337.
and arms of foreign people the
enemies of Egypt, i. 390-404.

of the kings, i. 317; ii. 322-325.
of the queens, i. 317.
of men, ii. 320–322.
of women, i. 318-335.
of children, ii. 329, 330.
at a party, i. 81.

simple, like that of a river god,
ii. 320.

embroidered and coloured, ii.

321.

head, of men, ii. 325.

head, of women, ii. 335.

of poor people, ii. 320.

not fully described on the monu-
ments, ii. 320.

Drill (or centrebit), i. 56; ii. 94, 111–
113.

Drinking to each other, i. 82.

excesses in, i. 52, 53.

Drum, i. 98, 104, 105, 106, 107.
Drum. See Darabooka Drum.
Drumstick, i. 107.

Drums of columns, ii. 284.
Dwarfs and deformed persons in the
service of grandees, i. 203, 204.
Dykes, ii. 5, 7, 10.

watched by guards and kept up
at a great expense, ii. 7.

punishment for injuring the, ii.

Dynasty, Thinite, Memphite, Theban,
i. 307. See Saïte.

18th, i. 308.

Earrings, women talking about, i.
145.

-, patterns of, ii. 335, 338, 345.
Education of the priests and other
classes, i. 321, 322.

of youth, strict, ii. 226.
Egleeg, or Balanites, tree, ii. 28, 37,
38, 110.

Eglon, King of Moab, parlour of, i. 11.
Egypt, influence of, on Greece, i. 1.
influence of, on early civiliza-
tion, i. 3.

population of, i. 305.

had Ethiopians, Libyans, and
others under its sway, i. 305.

-, produce of, greater in old times,
but capable of producing more now,
i. 305.

no great encroachments of sand
in, i. 306.

some towns of, placed on the
edge of the desert, i. 306, 307.

glass. See Glass. See Etruscans
has more cultivable land now
than formerly, i. 306.

emblems, and crowns, of Upper
and Lower, i. 257, 269; ii. 323, 325.
productiveness of, ii. 2, 3.
called "the world," ii. 227.
nomes or provinces, and limits
of, ii. 229.

divisions of, at different times,
ii. 229, 230, 231.

foreigners confined to certain
parts of, ii. 231.

became commercial after the fall
of Tyre and building of Alexandria,
ii. 133.

long the dominant nation, and
set the fashion in art, &c., ii. 263.

foreign woods imported into, ii.

produced little wood for orna-
mental purposes, ii. 109.

inkstands and sketches, ii. 276.
art, ii. 262.

paintings on panel, ii. 277.
laws, sanctity of old, ii. 227.
lawgivers, ii. 226.

temples, subjects of the sculpture
in, ii. 295, 296.

colours, ii. 292, 293.

scribes with a pen behind the
ear, ii. 275.

figures drawn in squares, ii. 266,
267.

figures often spirited, but want-
ing in life and reality, ii. 268.
statues, ii. 272.

sculptures in low relief and in-
taglio, ii. 272.

sculptures of a new style of Re-
meses III., ii. 273.

sculpture, revival of, ii. 274.
Egyptians, origin of the, i. 302, 303.
a Caucasian race, i. 302.
went to Egypt as conquerors, i.

303.

placed some towns on the edge of
the desert, i. 306, 307.

eerly government of the, hier-
archical, i. 307.

restless under all foreign rulers,
i. 310.

social habits of the, i. 3, 4, 5, 144.
not guilty of great cruelty. See
Cruelty. See Humanity.

2.

thought to be a gloomy people, i.

character of the, i. 2, 3, 210.

had only one wife, i. 5; ii. 224.
kept to their old customs, 226.
"wisdom of the," i. 325; ii. 202.
gratitude of the, ii. 227.

had some elegant vases, but ge-
nerally deficient in taste, and very
inferior to the Greeks, ii. 109.

had the guilloche, chevron, and
other patterns at a very early time,
ii. 290.

coated walls with stucco, ii. 291.
used gilding, ii. 293.

avoided uniformity and studied
variety in their architecture, ii. 296,
297, 298.

had columns of different styles
in the same hall, ii. 296, 297.

skill of the, in drawing lines, ii.
274.

pencils and brushes ofthe, ii. 275.
did not bear innovation in sacred
subjects, ii. 264.

did not alter their style of draw-
ing, and were bound by fixed rules,
ii. 264, 266.

brews, Babylonians, and Romans,
ii. 81.

Embroidery, with gold, ii. 81.
Emeralds, false, in glass, ii. 63, 64.
-, large statues of, ii. 63.
Enamelling on gold, ii. 70.

Encaustum, the colours burnt in, ii. 70.
Enemies of Egypt, Asiatic, i. 390, 391–
403.

African, i. 402, 403, 404.
wounded, i. 373.

heads of, represented on win-
dow-sills, i. 68; ii. 287.

Epact, the five days of the. See Days.
third day of the, Typho's birth-
day, i. 281.

Epaphus, clean oxen belonged to, i.
20. See Apis.

Ethiopia, Jupiter going into, i. 269.
gods taking refuge in, i. 269.

a princess of, coming to an
Egyptian king, i. 384, 385.
Ethiopian kings of Egypt, i. 308.
Ethiopians, tribute of the, i. 404.
Etruscans, Greeks, and Assyrians
had some bottles and vases from
Egypt, ii. 70, 71.

Evil, ii. 372.

Europe had an indigenous population,
i. 303.

Europeans differ from Asiatics, i. 303.
Excesses of men and women in drink-
ing, i. 52, 53.

in eating and drinking, i. 173.
Expenses of the Egyptians trifling, the
necessary, ii. 219. See Food.
Extremities of the world possess the
greatest treasures, ii. 240.
Ex-votos, ii. 354.

Eye of Osiris, i. 257.

signifying" Egypt," i. 244, 257.
on boats, ii. 127. See Boats.
Eyes painted, or blackened with Kohl,
ii. 343.

Falchion, Shopsh, or Khopsh, i. 361.
Fanbearer of the king a high office,
i. 283, 284.

investiture to the office of, i. 283.
Father, abstract idea of, i. 327, 332.
murder of a, ii. 209.

's trade followed by a son. See
Son.
Fauteuil of the master of the house, i.
145.

some pet animal tied to the leg of
a, i. 145.
Fauteuils, i. 60, 61, 62.

Fauteuils, highly ornamented, i. 60, 61.
Feast, ruler of the, i. 82.
Feats of strength and dexterity, i.
201, 205, 207.

of agility, i. 188, 189.
Feet, clay kneaded with the, ii. 107.
, paste kneaded with the, i. 177.
Fescennine verses of Italy, i. 101.
Festivals, i. 280-287. See Fêtes.
See Sacred.

connected with agriculture, ii.
52, 53, 54.

of harvest-home, i. 282.
Fête of Diana at Bubastis, i. 296, 297.
of Isis at Busiris, i. 296, 297.
of Minerva, or Neith, at Saïs, i.
296, 298.

of burning lamps, ii. 71.

of the Sun at Heliopolis, i. 296,
298, 301.

of Latona at Buto, and of Mars
at Papremis, i. 296, 298.

Figs, i. 54.

-, sycamore, 44, 57, 181, 259. See
Sycamore.

and grapes, fond of, i. 181.
and grapes on altars, i. 262.

in a basket, the hieroglyphic sig-
nifying "wife," i. 323.
Figl (or Raphanus), i. 167, 259, 323.
Figure, proportions and Egyptian
mode of drawing the human, ii. 266,
267.

Figure. See Foot, the standard for
the.

Firmán, or royal order; custom of
kissing, ii. 203.

First fruits, offerings of the, i. 274,

193.

electric. See Electric.

of the sea not appreciated, ii.

Fishponds, i. 37, 215.

Fisheries, revenue from the, ii. 193.
-- of the Lake Moris, ii. 193.
Fishermen, ii. 181, 186,
Fishing, ii. 181, 186-193.
Fishing, an amusement of gentlemen,
i. 238.

they sat on a mat, or in a chair,
while, i. 238.

with a fly unknown, i. 239.

--nets and leads of, ii. 187-189.
Fishing-rod and hook, i. 239; ii. 186.
Flax, process of cultivating, or steep-
ing, and preparing for cloth, ii. 88,

tables decked with, i. 57.

and plants of Egypt, from Pliny,
ii. 27-32. See Plants.

in the paintings, ii. 36.

"immortelles," placed in the
tomb, ii. 374.

Flute, length of the Egyptian, i. 127.
antiquity of the, i. 126, 127.

2

127.

of reed, bone, wood, or ivory, i.

not allowed in the rites of
Osiris and Anubis, i. 129.