294 FROM GRAND CAIRO TO ROSETTA. 
CHAP. Egyptian character, common in hieroglyphic 
-' ' writing. Upon this figure the entire model of 
the instrument is complete ; and even the 
twisted cordage, binding the plough-share to 
the handle, is distinctly represented '. But, in 
order to remove ail remaining doubt concerning 
this symbol, we perceive in the left hand of the 
figure a stouter cord% from which is suspended 
a harroiu hanging behind the left shoulder ^ 
We see clearly, therefore, the kind of instru- 
ment mentioned by Diodorus*, who says the 
priests and kings of Egypt bore a sceptre in the 
form of a plough. An instrument of this kind 
was said to be in use among the Celtic tribes \ 
The inhabitants of -S"^. Kilda, in the Hebrides, use 
it as a sort of spade, or hand-plough. But in 
the north of Siveden and Finland, a different race 
of men use a plough of the same form, upon a 
larger scale : it is there drawn by cattle ; and 
(1) See m, n, of No. 3, in the Plate annexed. — In the heautiful 
designs hy Roncalli, of the Obeliscus Ca:mpensis, engraved by /Inloniniy 
for Zoega's work " De Origine et Usu Obeliscorum," published at 
Rome m 1797) the delineation of this symbol, as a plough, is so dis- 
tinct, that even the rings attached to the cordage are visible. Set 
No. 5 of the Plate, as copiedj'rom that work, 
(2) See X, x, of Nos. 3. and 4, 
(3) See z, of No. 4. 
(4) Diodor. Sic. lih. iv. 
(5) See p. 156 of this Volume. 
