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Many days afterwards he built himself a hut on the Cedar 

 Mountam, with his own hands, and filled it with all good things, 

 such as he would have in his house. And when he went out, he 

 met the Nine Gods, who were abroad, caring for the whole land. 

 And the company of gods spake together and to him, saying : 

 Batau, thou bull of the Gods, why art thou here alone? Wh}' 

 hast thou left thy land on account of the wife of Anepu, th}^ 

 elder brother ? Lo, his wife is slain. Turn back to him ; he will 

 answer all thy questions. And their hearts pitied him greatly. 



Then spake the Sun God Harmachis to the god Chnoum: Make 

 now a wife for Batau, that he sit not alone. And Chnoum made 

 him a wife ; and as she sat there, she was more beautiful of form 

 than all the women of the land; all godhead was in her. And the 

 Seven Hathors came to look at her; and they said with one mouth: 

 She will die a violent death. And he loved her dearly; and she 

 ate in his house, while he spent the day chasing the beast of the 

 land, to lay the pvey at her feet. And he said to her: go not 

 out, lest thou shouldst meet the sea, lest he entice thee away; 

 for I should not be able to save thee from him, because I am 

 womanish like thee, because my soul lies in the topmost Cedar 

 Flower. If another find thee, then must I give him battle. And 

 he opened his heart to her its whole width. 



Many days after this Batau was gone forth a hunting as was 

 his daily wont; and his 3'oung wife had wandered out to walk 

 beneath the Cedars, which stood behind the house ; when lo ! the 

 sea saw her and rose behind her ; but she saved herself l)y a 

 hasty flight from him and entered into the house. But the Sea 

 called to the Cedar and said : oh how I love her! and the Cedar 

 gave him a lock of her hair. And the Sea carried it to Egypt, 

 and laid it down on the place where the washermen of the 

 house of Pharaoh were ; a:id the perfume of the lock of hair com- 

 municated itself to the Pharaoh's clothes ; and there arose a strife 

 among the washermen of Pharaoh ; who said : a smell of oint- 

 ment is in Pharaoh's clothes! and a contest arose thereon dail}' ; 

 and they knew not what they did. But the head washerman 

 of Pharaoh went to the Sea ; and his soul was troubled much on 

 account of the dailj' strife ; and he stood and placed himself on 

 the shore, over against the lock of hair, which lay in the Sea; and 

 there was an exceedingl}' sweet smell therein ; and he brought it 

 to Pharaoh. 



