OF ACCOMPANYING ANIMALS AND PLANTS. 5 1 



occurs on the Gliddon mummy-case, and from the Third dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing 

 (Leps. A. ii. pi. 3, and k. pi. 5 to 67). 



t"r£potia" winnowing-fan, "ripid" sacred fan ; "rak" or "raki " or "rSk" or "rSkt" or "rikfi" 

 or " riki " to bow down, incline ; " riki " or " rSkrikS " or " rfikriki " nodding, inclining the head ; 

 " ts-hard " or "r6f " or "rret" or "Sret" promise, vow; " 6reu " or " Sreou " mutual; "mour" 

 bond, to bind — The character occurs as early as the .... dynasty (Champ, mon. iii. 219). 



a the cottage ; " Srvi " or " ershd " or " £rso " habitation. — The character occurs on the Gliddon 

 mummy-case, and from the Third dynasty to the Seventeenth (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3, no, and k. pi. 24). 

 And seems a figure of the cottage in fashion at the time of the invention of writing. The flat 

 roof indicates a rainless climate ; the material of the walls being probably mud suffered to dry in the 

 sun. The window has at least the form of the archj and it may be, that dobi or mud-bricks were 

 already in use. — " Tombs with vaulted roofs made of mud-bricks as far back as the time of the 

 pyramids," are mentioned by Lepsius Eg. and Sin. p. 74. 



" raoue " or " raue " bedroom, bed ; " r6m " or " £rom " couch ; " r6t2v " to recline ; " tshSSl " 

 _ or"tshar"or "tshaar" hide or skin; " tshairi " or "tshaire" nuptial couch ; — in English 

 " room, chair." The character occurs from the Eleventh dynasty to the Ptolemies (Leps. d. ii. pi. 149, 

 118, and k. pi. 57). A second form occurs from the Nineteenth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic 

 writing (Leps. k. pi. 32 to 63). 



Uj " tshaire " or " r6t " or " eiouot " or " 6ur6t " or " ratshi " hilarity, festivity, joy ; " ratshi " or 

 7j "ratshe" or " ourot " to rejoice; "raitS" guests; "rouhe" or " rouhi " evening ; — in Greek 

 7] "haire " rejoice, greeting; in English "rout" festive assembly or crowd. The character occurs 

 as early as the .... dynasty (Champ, diet. 30). A possible modification occurs from the Seven- 

 teenth dynasty to the end of hieroglyphic writing (Leps. k. pi. 23 to 67). A wedding among the 

 rural population of Upper Egypt witnessed by myself, was attended by men standing in a row and 

 clapping hands, 

 aa. " sistra " sistrum ; " rooune " virginity ; "rana"to be admired; "ran" or " Sran " agreeable, 

 W pleasing, to accept ; " ratsh " or " rftsh " or " r6tshe " or " r6tshi " sufficient, to be content ; — in 

 J English " sister." The character occurs from the Tenth dynasty to the Twenty-second (Leps. k. 

 II pi. 10 to 45). A second form ££ occurs under the Ptolemies (Leps. k. pi. 52). A third form 

 occurs under the Twenty-eighth ^ dynasty (Leps. k. pi. 49)- The sistrum was known to the 

 Romans as an Egyptian musical in strument (Propert, Ovid amor. el. 8) ; the Egyptians being 



further characterized as " sistrata turba " by Martial xii. 



(half of snake signifying king over only part of the world, Horap. i. 60)^ "ratsh" or 

 C — — I " renphah " to divide ; " ri " or " re " part ; " rra " or " rro " or " 6rra " or " erro " or " ouro " 

 kino-- "rrd" queen, " rrfiou " kings; " ourit " or " rit " keeper, governor; " ourad " keepers ; — in 

 Hebrew the twentieth letter "rash" or "rysh"head; in Arabic " rais " captain. The character 

 occurs under the Third and Fourth dynasties (Leps. d. ii. pi. 3 to 31) : and seems the origin of the 

 form q f the Phoenician and Hebrew letter "rash," P of the Greek letter " rS," continued even in 

 Celtiberian, and a of the Umbrian and Oscan r. 



r~\ " re " or " re " sun ; " rasd " or " rastS " morrow ; " tsh6rp " in the morning ; phSr or ra- 

 rV>| sou " or " rasoui " dream ; " r6ht " trance ; " r6an " or " ertshan " when ; - in Hebrew " bkr " 

 morning, " mhr" morrow, in Greek "aurion," in Latin " eras." The character occurs from the Eigh- 

 teenth dynasty to the Ptolemies (Leps. d. iii. pi. 152, and k. pi. 29 to 58). 



" r66u6 " or " rdoui " or " ar66ue " harvest-remains or stubble ; " sesnt gleanings, ears of 

 \& grain that escape the sickle ; " srit " to collect the remains ; - in Hebrew " hrb " laid waste, 

 « hrgL' or « arbe " locust ; in Greek «• akris " grasshopper ; in Latin " calamitas ;• calamity, from the 

 Greek " kalame » straw or stubble. The character occurs as early as the " Twentieth dynasty (Buns 

 and Birch, Champ, gram. 4., .05, and diet. 178). A second form AA occurs under the Twenty-sixth 



dyn Th y eSi d Gryiu P s mgatorius, is a large Tropical species of grasshopper belonging properly to 

 the Desert • from the mouth of the Red Sea (where it was observed by myself) Northward to Syr a 

 and the sLes of the Mediterranean, and in migratory bands sometimes crossmg from Africa into 



nation occurs under HJ the Fifth dynasty (Leps. d. 11. pi. 64). caotured 



v^, (-stingray " tTSona » hooked signifying expiat.on and penitence for the fish when captured 

 ^ casts ks sfing, Horap. ii. 105) ; "rami" skate or ray; « er-thmaio " to expiate; "pahre or 



