VI. 
RUINS OF SAIS. 287 
was another conical heap, supporting the ruins chap. 
of some building, whose original form cannot 
now be ascertained. The ramparts of this in- 
closure are indeed so lofty, as to be visible from 
the river ; although at this distance the irregu- 
larity of their appearance might cause a person 
ignorant of their real nature to mistake them 
for natural eminences '. In their present appear- 
ance, they seem to correspond with the account 
given of a similar inclosure at San, or Tanis *, 
(1) See the Vignette to this Chapter. 
(2) It may be proper to mention, that the learned Jacob Bryant, in 
his dissertation upon the situation of Zoan, distinguishes tliis city 
from Tanis, and confounds it with Heliopolis : (See Observations 
relating to various Parts of Antient History, p. 301. Camb. 1767.) 
Until M. Larcher shall have written his promised dissertation upon 
the two cities which bore the name of Heliopolis, and better evidence 
be given for the notion of a Pseiido- Heliopolis upon the Arabian side 
of the Nile, the following localities will be here assigned for the three 
cities, Sa'is, Tanis, and Heliopolis: — for the first, Si'l Hajar; for the 
second. Saw; for the third, Matarieh. M.Z/«rc/ier's doubts upon this 
subject are so closely allied to the following remarks made by Bryant, 
that it is impossible to believe they had not a common origin : indeed, 
the French writer seems almost to have literally translated Bryant's 
words. " There were two cities named Heliopolis ; of which I 
SHALL HAVE A GREAT DEAL TO SAY HEREAFTER. * * » * * This 
is a circumstance that has escaped the notice, not only of all the 
moderns, but of most of the Antients." (See Bryant, Observat. Sfc. 
p. 82. Note 2. Camb. 1767-) " l\ y avoit deux villes," says Larcher, 
" de ce nom (Heliopolis) . ***** Ceci auroit besoin d' £tre 
appuyt de preuves, mais comme cela exigeroit une dissertation fort 
longue, JE LE FERAI PROBABLEMENT DANS DNE MEMOIRE A PART. Table 
Chgraphique de I'Histoire d'Wrodotc, pp, 171, 172. Paris, 1786. 
