3341 ^ N Egypt and the Nile 



ceftors of thcfe Graii, or Greeks, who came originally from Egypt : it is re- 

 markable, that Hesiod, in his Theogony, mentions women in Africa named 

 Graiai, who had fine complexions and were the offspring of Phorcys and 

 Ce'to. The Grahas are painted by the writers of the Pumnas in molt un- 

 favourable colours ; but an allowance mufl be made for a fpirk of intolerance 

 and fanaticifm: Ra'hu wa-s worshipped in fome countries, as Ha.ilal, or 

 Lucifer (whom in forne refpecls he refembles) was adored in "the eafceni 

 parts of Egypt and in Arabia the Stony and the Defert, according to jEROivi 

 in the Life of Hjl-A-rion j but, though we muft fuppofe, that his votaries' 

 had a" very different opinfon of the Grahas from that inculcated by the Hindus* 

 yet it is certain, that the Greeks were not fond of being called Graioi, and 

 ¥ery feldom gave themfelves that appellation.,, 



The -Tandy- deferts in Egypt to the eaft and weft of the Nik are confidered 

 in the Purdns as part of Barbara % and this may account for what Herodo- 

 tus, fays as£ the word Barbaros, which, according to Him, was applied by 

 the .Egyptians, to all, ' mfo were unable to /peak their language, meaning the inV 

 habitants of the deferf, who were their only neighbours : fince the people of 

 Barbara.y-.or children of Saturn, were looked upon as a cruel and deceitful 

 race* the word was afterwards transferred to men of that difpofitionj and the 

 £?mijy-.who -had lived in Egypt, brought the appellation into their new fettle- 

 ments, but feem to have forgotten its primitive meaning. 



On., tlie banks of the Nila we find the Crtjhna-giri, or Black Mountain 

 oi Barb ami which can be no other than the black and barren range of hills, 

 which* Mr, Bruce faw at a great diftance towards the Nik ftom^Tarfoivey : 

 in the caves of thofe mountains lived the Tamavatfas, of whom we mail fpeak 

 thereafter, i Though the land of Barbara be faid in the Purdns to lie between 



