PREFACE. 



In the previous portion of this work I was under 

 the necessity of omitting certain subjects, which, 

 though intimately connected with the manners and 

 customs of the ancient Egyptians, could not have 

 been introduced without increasing it to a dispro- 

 portionate size. But, in order to fulfil my original 

 intention of giving a summary view of tlie most 

 striking usages of that people, I have now put to- 

 gether those which were omitted in the previous 

 volumes ; and if there appears any want of con- 

 nection in the agriculture and religion, it will be 

 explained by the reason already stated. It may 

 also occur to the reader, that I have repeated some 

 remarks previously introduced ; but this I have 

 sometimes thought preferable to a too frequent re- 

 ference to the preceding part of the work, espe- 

 cially when they were directly connected with the 

 present subjects. 



It has been thought better to arrange the plates 

 in a separate volume, many of which, from their 

 size, might be inconvenient with the letter-press ; 

 and thus the necessity of ])ublishing volumes of 



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