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fike a ribband, then laid upon a smooth table, after 

 being cut the length the leaf required. 



The Egyptians applied the Papyrus to several 

 purposes, independent of the manufacture of paper. 

 The roots sometimes served them for fire-wood, and 

 were formed into different domestic utensils. Of the 

 stems, interlaced together, they constructed a kind 

 of boat; and of the interior bark, they made their 

 sails, mats, clothes, cordage, and coverlids of their 

 beds. 



The boats made of Papyrus resembled great bas- 

 kets, compactly woven together, and plaistered with 

 some resinous substance. It was probably in a ves- 

 sel of this kind that Moses was exposed, when he was 

 found by the daughter of Pharaoh, on the banks of 

 the ^'ile. 



[For the above and other interesting accounts of 

 the Botanical subjects in this Exhibition, we are 

 indebted to Wood's Zoography.] 



END OF THE PANTHERION. 



