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THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XI. 



end of the stilt, or the base of the handles, and was 

 strengthened by a rope connecting it with the heel. 

 It had no coulter, nor were wheels applied to any 

 Egyptian plough : but it is probable that the point 

 was shod with a metal sock, either of bronze or 

 It was drawn by two oxen ; and the plough- 



iron. 



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 H = H 



man guided and drove them with a long goad, 

 without the assistance of reins, which are used by 

 the modern Egyptians. He was sometimes accom- 



