4J0 ANNUAL REGISTER, 1800. 



shift him, and then went he to sup- 

 per, and making a very short sup- 

 per, or rather a repast, returned 

 into the chamber of presence to the 

 Frenchmen, using them so lovingly 

 and familiarly, that they could not 

 commend him too much ; and 

 whilest they were in communica- 

 tion, and other pastimes, all their 

 liveries were served to their cham- 

 bers; every chamber had a bason 

 and an ewer of silver, a great liverey 

 pot of silver, and some guilt; yea, 

 and some chambers had two liverey 

 pots, with wine and beere, a boule, 

 a goblet, and a pot of sylver to drink 

 in, both for their wine and beere ; 

 a silver candlesticke, both white and 

 plaine, having in it two sizes, and 

 a staffe torche of waxe a fine man- 

 chet, and a cheat loaf. Thus was 

 every chamber furnished through 

 the house: and yet the cupboards 

 in the two banqueting chambers 

 were not touched. Thus when it 

 was more than time convenient, 

 they were conveyed to their lodg- 

 ings, where they rested that night. 

 Inthe morning, after they had heard 

 mass, they dined with the cardinall, 

 and so departed to Windsor." 



Accoxint of the ancient Palace of 

 Karnac in Ike Island of Philcc. 

 From RiiMud's Report on the 

 Antiquities of Upper Egypt. 



THIS palace may be considered 

 as the habitation of kings; the 

 principal mole is turned towards 

 the Nile, and has a hundred and 

 forty paces in length, by twenty-five 

 of solid breadth. It leads to a court 

 of a hundred and ten ])aces long, 

 and whose breadth is equal to it. 

 Two rows of six lotus colunms, 

 placed in a line with the mole, lead 



to a portico composed of one hun- 

 dred and thirty columns, in rows of 

 sixteen deep. In the two middle 

 rows there are six lotus columns ; 

 and on each side are seven rows of 

 those of the truncated lotus, which 

 are less elevated than the former; 

 the diameter of the former is eleven, 

 and that of the latter seven, feet. 



The length of this vestibule is 

 seventy-eight paces, and its breadth 

 is the same as that of the mole. It 

 was covered throughout, and re- 

 ceived light from windows v.'hich 

 had been opened above the lotus 

 columns. The foundations having 

 given way in some parts, several 

 of the columns were prostrate. The 

 fall of the mole, which looks to the 

 court, would have drawn after it 

 the whole building, if it had not 

 been constructed with immoveable 

 solidity. To this vestibule suc- 

 ceeded a court, where there had 

 been four obelisks, of which only 

 one remains; from this court we 

 passed into another, decorated with 

 two obelisks, and twelve colossal 

 figures in the form of termini, 

 holding the handle of a pot on the 

 breast. 



Two other courts lead to the 

 apartment of the king. In a line 

 with the gates are two saloons of 

 granite, which appear to have been 

 the apartments of state. It is pro- 

 bable, that at the period when 

 Thebes was built, granite was not 

 so much used as it has since been 

 by the Egyptian kings of Memphis, 

 and the Greek sovereigns of Alex- 

 andria. To the right and left of 

 these saloons are the apartments 

 of the court. Those of the king 

 and the queen might be distinguish- 

 ed in two chambers, whose gates 

 are of black granite. They did 

 not appear to be more than twelve 



