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north, the Kheta and allied races, of whom we must presently speak. 

 Casts 69, 70. 



5. "^^ Lemenen. This word was at first read as Remenen, 



and taken for Armenia, but it is now generally accepted as equivalent to 

 Lebanon. The men of Lebanon — Semitic people in long robes with 

 capes, and wearing hoods bound with fillets — are represented as hewing 

 down tall pine trees in their mountains for Seti I. Casts 88-93. 



6. The Lebanon leads us to i, } ^'t^-^^ J^eft, Phoenicia.— This is 



a very interesting and important designation, which appears to me to 

 linger still in the name Karkafta, near the coast north of Ruad, the 

 ancient Arvad. 



The Greek legend of Kepheus, embodied the name and history of 

 Keft. The connection between Phoenicia and Pun is very important. 

 In Egyptian tableaux the nobles of Keft bring splendid vessels of gold and 

 other precious materials. They wear beautifully embroidered kilts, with 

 fringes and sashes, and their hair is trained into long locks on both sides 

 of the head. 



7. I -^^ ki^ij Khal, or Khar, denotes Northern Syria. — The name 



has been traced to the Semitic Akharru, the hinder, or western, land. The 

 r and I are very interchangeable, and at all events we meet the form Khal 

 in the river Khalus and other forms, as Khalkis, for instance. The people 

 of Khal have a marked Semitic aspect, and the dignified fashion of drapery 

 which distinguishes their kindred. 



8. \ '-. I I Am'dr, the Amorite. — We find this name in many 



and important relations both in the Bible and without. In Egyptian 

 record -it is remarkably locked in with the geographical relations and 

 doings of the Kheta, both in Northern Syi'ia and in the south. It appears 

 also in local connection with the Euphrates, and with the kingdom of 

 Damascus. The Amorite is bearded and has strongly marked features, 

 and wears the same long robe and cape as the inhabitants of the Lebanon, 

 and the Semitic people of Ascalon, and the like. Casts 62-5j 86, 146-8, 

 167, 179-80. 



9. o ■ Kheta ; Kheth, the Hittite. — Here we certainly have an 



intrusive and conquering race, who in course of time supplanted the 

 Ruthen in the dominion of Syria, and, as we know, ran almost a success- 

 ful race with the Egyptians, merging their hostile relations into those of 

 political and matrimonial alliance. At length the Hittite power was 

 utterly broken by Assyria under Sargon, and we now have to gather their 

 story from Egyptian monuments and Assyrian cylinders, until we may 

 obtain and read their long lost memorials. Casts 49-58, 76-7, 143-5, 

 156. 



Dr. Birch used compendiously to call the Kheta Tatars, and this 

 expresses well their aspect with yellow beardless faces, and long pigtails or 

 scalp locks. Everything belonging to the Hittites is now very deservedly 

 in request. For my own humble part, I have been endeavouring to 

 identify in the Northern Syrian List of Karnak the sites of their 



