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" the forefts ; for fuch tafks are impofed by huf- 

 " bands on their wives, in thefe countries, but 

 ** which I do not at all like; and that, if at length 

 *' thou becomefl: tired of living with -me, thou 

 *' flialt replace me in this ifle, whither thou haft 

 " come to woo me, and where my pleafure con- 

 " fifts in feeding the fwans, and in chanting the 

 *' praifes of Seine, the nymph of Ceres." 



I fmiled within myfelf at the fimplicity of 

 the daughter of King Bardus, and at fight of what 

 flie denominated treafure j but as the true riches 

 of a wife confift in the love of indufhry, candor, 

 franknefs, gentlenefs, and that there is no dowry 

 once to be compared to thefe virtues, 1 replied to 

 her : '' O beautiful Goiha, marriage among the 

 " Egyptians is a legal union, a mutual interchange 

 '« of pofleffions, and of forrows ; thou fhalt be 

 " dear to me as the better half of myfelf." I then 

 made her a prefent of a fkein of flax, which grew, 

 and was prepared in the gardens of the Kmg, her 

 father. She received it with delight, and faid to 

 me : " My friend, I will fpin this flax, and have 

 *^ it weaved into a robe for the day of my efpou- 

 " fais." She prefented me, in her turn, with this 

 little dog which you fee, fo covered over with hair, 

 that his eyes are fcarcely difccrnible. She faid to 

 me : " 1 he name of this dog is Gallus ; he is-de- 

 " fcended from a race remarkable for their fide- 

 c c 2 '* lity. 



