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THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. CHAP. XI. 



inquiring mind, respecting the state of tlie world at 

 that remote period. 



An account of the geese and other fowl was 

 also brought to the steward at the same time ; and 

 so scrupulous were they in the returns made to 

 him, that the number of eggs was even ascertained 





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and reported, with the same care as the calves, or 

 the offspring of the flocks. 



