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The Sont still grown for its Pods, which are used in tan- 

 ning. Groves occupying their ancient Sites - - 80 



Bees. Hives require much attention in Egypt - - 81 



Woods used by the Egyptians. Tools. Cabinet-work. 

 Woods, Ivory, and other Things brought by Foreign Tri- 

 butary People __- - - -82 



Wild Plants cultivated for medicinal Purposes. Their 

 Use still known to the Arabs - - - - 83 



The Rhamnus^ or Holy Thorn - - - - 84? 



Cultivation of Wheat and Barley. Mode of Reaping. 

 Cropped a little below the Ear - - - 85 



Threshing by Oxen. Song of the Threshers - - 88 



The Tritura, or treading out the Grain by Cattle - 91 



Two Scribes to check the Accounts - - - 92 



Oxen unmuzzled while treading out the Grain, as with the 

 Jews. Jewish Threshing Instruments - - - 92 



The modern Noreg, or Corn Drag. Wheat bound in Sheaves, 

 not generally the Custom. Mostly carried in Rope Nets, 

 or Baskets. Modern Egyptians cut the Wheat close to 

 the Ground - - - - - - 93 



Sometimes, though rarely, the Oxen driven round the Heap 

 of Corn placed in the Centre of the Threshing-floor. The 

 modern Noreg - - - - - 94 



The Tribulum. Horses fed on Straw. Cut up, as with the 

 Jews, for Provender - - - - - 95 



Stall-fed Cattle. Land prepared for a Second Crop. Artificial 

 Irrigation --._.. gg 



Avoided Repetition of similar Crops. Wheat and Doora 

 represented : the latter plucked up by the Roots - 97 



Stripped off the Grain by a Machine. Flax. The Return 

 of the Inundation anxiously looked for - - - 98 



Inundation. Its Commencement. The Water then bad. 

 Previously laid up in Jars - - - - 100 



Colour of the God Nilus. Water entering the Canals. 

 Flocks and Herds rescued from the Inundation. Care 

 of the Dykes. Watched by Guards - _ . loi 



Cavalry and Infantry to protect them. Management of the 

 Water to render a deficient Inundation available. Height 

 of the Rise. Villages overflowed _ . . 203 



