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THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS. 



CHAP. XI. 



and the poulterers bestowed the same care upon 

 the geese and fowls. Indeed, the numerous herds 

 of the ibex, gazelle, oryx, and other of the ante- 

 lope tribe, show, equally with their advancement in 

 veterinary art, the great attention paid to the 

 habits of animals : the wild and timid antelopes 

 were rendered so tame as to be driven to the cen- 

 sus in the farmyard, like the sheep and goats ; and 

 the fowlers were no less successful in their mode 

 of rearing the vulpanser geese, and other wild fowl 

 of the Nile. 



No. 439. Giving an account to the scribes of the stock on the estate. Thebes. 



