at Prsenefte. Sf 



On the risht Side of this curious Cro^/p^, and all the Way a great va- 



'-' r 1 i-» rietjilikewife 



from thence, to the utmoft Extent of the Pavement, we areofo^^erob- 



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entertained, at every Turn, (amidft a Variety of Plants andf^nted. 

 Animals,) with different Profpeds of Cities (y ;) Temples {/ ;) 

 Caaies(«;) Bowers ((^0 Dove Houfes (r-,) Toils ' for Fifh (/;) 

 the method of fitting at their Banquets (a",) &c. We fee the 

 Fafliion likewife of the Egyptian Boats (n,) and of theCrm^^ 

 Galleys (3;) together with the Quahty of their Sails and Oars ; 

 and, in what Manner, they are each of them managed, con- 

 ducted and employed. The Habits, the Arms and Weapons 

 of the Greeks, no lefs than of the Egyptians and Ethiopians^ 

 are often exhibited : and, from the Scorpion, which is charged 

 upon the Shields of the Former, we may conclude, that feve- 

 ral of them were of Commagene \ and that the hearing of fuch 

 like military Devices, was much older than the Croi fades. 

 Moreover, we are entertained Vv'ith a View of their refpe6live 

 A<^ions, Exercifes and Diverfions: and, under the lower 

 Bower (C), we fee a Perfon playing upon an Inftrument ; the 

 very fame with the GermanVXutQ of thefe Times : the Fafhion 

 likewife of their Cups or drinking Horns is here depi6led. 



At HeliopolM (s), (or, as it is called in the H. Scriptures, tJeiwpons, 

 Jer.\.%. I g. Bethfjeme/Jj, i. e. The Houfe of the Sun ♦,) the Eye isS/&c. re- 

 very agreeably entertained with a View of the Ohelishs ($,) that ^'^'^"^^'^* 

 are eredted before it ; which have been defcribed by Diod. Sic. 

 1. 1, p. 38. Strah. 1. 17. p. 5- 5-4. Ed. Cafauh. Tlin. 1. 36. c. 8. 

 ( Tra'D. p. 413.) This City is further marked out by a beautiful 

 Temple (^,) the Temple of the Sun, (Strab.-g. SS"^-) with the 

 Priefts (p,) for whom it was famous, {Id. p. 5- 5-4) ftanding be- 

 fore the Tortico ; cloathed, as their Cuftom was, in a white 

 linnen Garment; {Herod. Eut. p. 116. Ed. Steph.) all of them 

 Circumftances which are very applicable to the ancient Hiftory 

 of this City. The Figure likewife, as it appears to be, of a 

 Well ((T,) makes Part of this G*r<??/j?6'; the Bottom whereof, in 

 the Original, is painted blue, to denote perhaps the Epithet of 

 ccerulea, that was applicable to Water. O'vid. M^t. 1.8. 1.129. 



i^ Thefe Toils continue to be ufed by the Egyptians, to this Day. They are made up 

 of leveral Hurdles of Reeds, fixed, in feme convenient Part of the River, in various Wind- 

 ings and Dircdions, and ending in a ftnall Point; into which the Fifh being driven, are 

 taken out with Nets or Baskets, as is here reprefenled. The like Pra£tice has been taken 

 Notice of Trtiv. p. 15)4. 



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