PYRAMIDS OF SACCARA. 243 
was found near the castle of Kallat el Kahsh chap. 
V. 
in Cairo, and is now in the British Aktseiim. '- -■ 
Nor are we without its explanation ; for 
Ceres, who was the same as Isis, was wor- 
shipped under the form of a horses head in 
Skill/. It is therefore only one of the 
modifications under which the Antients 
recognised Lis, the Pantamorpha Mater. 
Some of these amulets were curiously 
adorned with small eyes of antient bronze. 
See Nos. 10, IL 
15. Sculptured images, formed of an opaque 
vitrified substance, resembling No. 5. only 
larger in size, and covered with hierogly- 
phic characters. These were about four 
inches in length. See Nos. 12, 13. 
The horses of our ^rab guard were the finest Horses 
. , p of the 
we had ever seen ; not even exceptmg those oi country. 
Circassia. In choosing their steeds, the Arabs 
prefer mares : the Turks give the preference to 
stallions. The Mamalukes and Bedouin Arabs are 
perhaps better mounted than any people upon 
earth ; and the Arab grooms were considered, 
by many of our officers, as superior to those of 
our own country. These grooms affirm that 
their horses never lie down, but sleep standing, 
when they are fastened by one leg to a post; 
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