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Funeral Procession of a Priest of Aniun. Boat Scene on 

 the Sacred Lake. Egyptian Love of Caricature even in 

 serious Subjects - - - - '415 



The Procession going from the Lake to the Tomb - 416 



Other Funerals more simple. Peculiar Office and Dress of 

 some Persons who attended - - - - 417 



Funeral of a " Scribe of Weights and Measures." Another 

 Funeral Procession - - - - _ 413 



The Sprinkler, as at modern Egyptian Funerals. Tomb 

 beneath the Western Mountains of Thebes. The Mum- 

 my taken from the Hearse. The Eulogy of the De- 

 ceased read by a Sacred Scribe - - - - 419 



Sometimes read from the Boat. The same Procession after 

 crossing the Lake. Tombs with pyramidal Roofs - 420 



Small Brick Pyramids at Thebes. Palm Branches strewed 

 in the Way. Grease or a Liquid poured before the 

 Sledge. The Hearse closed or open - - - 421 



Mummies crowned with Flowers. (Note. — This Custom 

 supposed to be confined to unmarried Persons.) A 

 Group of Figures whose Ages are well portrayed. 

 Children with few Clothes, as stated by Diodorus - 423 



Mourning for the Death of a Friend. The Egyptians did 

 not cut themselves like the Carians and the Syrians. 

 The Body when embalmed restored to the Family ; but 

 frequently put into a Case beforehand. Several Cases 425 



The Coffin and Hearse on a Sledge. The Forty-two Judges. 

 Charon. The Accusers at the Trial of the Dead - 426 



If no Accuser, his Eulogy was pronounced. The Body- 

 sometimes kept in the House. The accused and those 

 deprived of Burial Rites for Debt - - - 427 



Their Children might release them. Parents highly es- 

 teemed. The Grief of the Family when the Deceased 

 was rejected at this Ordeal. Transmigration - 428 



This Punishment temporary. The Consequences of a 

 Belief in it. No Favour shown by the Priests at the 

 Trial, or afterwards. This public Exposure an Induce- 

 ment to Virtue. Form of the Ritual announcing the 

 Acquittal of the Dead preserved in the Tombs - 429 



