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OJ the necejfity of Arts being invented in Egypt. — Other Arts men- 

 tioned as invented in Egypt, be/tdes the Art of Language : — And, 

 firjl Agriculture, by nvhich oyily Men could fuhfijl in ihe fame place 

 in confiderable numbers, and fo have a cloje communication toge- 

 ther. — Before this Art "was invented, the Egyptians ate one ajio- 

 ther ; and fo did the Greeks. — This Art came from Egypt to other 

 '''ountries, and particularly to Attica. — The Art alfo of makmg 

 Drink, as ivell as Food, for Men, invented in Egypt, viz. the 

 Art ©/"Fermentation, by li'hich both Wine and Ale are produced, 



"I N a country fo fitted by nature, and the genius of i:s inhabitants, 

 -* for the invention and cuhivation of arts and fciences, and at the 

 fame time the moft antient civilifed country that we read of, it was 

 neceflary that many arts and fciences (hould be invented ; and I 

 am now to fhow, that among others was invented the art of lan- 

 guage, the foundatid(i of all arts and fciences. But before I come 

 to fpeak of it particularly, I will give an account of other arts and 

 fciences that weie invented in Hgypt, the original ■ country, in my 

 opinion, of all arts and fciences. I will begin with Agriculture, 

 which may be faid to be the parent art, which has produced all o- 

 thet arts, and all fciences : For the pradice of this art makes it ne- 

 ceflary that men fhould live together in one place and in confider- 

 able numbers ; and by the fruits it produces, it enables them to do 

 fo. Accordingly, the Egyptians lived by nicans of this art in great- 

 er numbers than 1 believe ever any peoole did in the fame extent of 

 country, and I'.kewife in the cloneft comir.unicaMon and inlercourfe ; 

 for they lived In clt'xs. Now, it is only people fo afTociated, and 

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