RUINS OF SAIS. 29.'5 
it is further distinguished by having a double, chap. 
instead of a single plough-share. Linnceiis first ^ -,- ■ 
observed this very antient model of the plough, 
during his travels in his native country ; and a 
representation of the Finland plough has been 
here introduced, as it was copied from one of 
his drawings ^. This curious relic therefore pre- 
serves a model of one of the most antient in- 
struments of agriculture known in the world ^; 
the primeval plough of Egypt, and of the Eastern 
world; held in veneration from the earliest 
ages, and among all nations ; considered as a 
sacred symbol ; an emblem of power and dig- 
nity ; a sceptre fit for kings, and even Gods, to 
(6) See No. G of the preceding Plate. 
(7) Osiris is said to have constructed his own plough. Tihdius 
{lib. i. eleg. 7 ) makes him the first husbandman. There were two 
methods of using tlie very simple instrument here represented ; one 
being the more antient, but the shape of the plough remaining the 
game ; which was that of an /ilpha, with one side shorter than the 
other. As a hmul-plough, the vertex was capped with brass or 
iron, which the; husbandman forced into the ground with hU foot. 
It was then hold in this position, and in this manner it is now 
used by the natives of St. Kilda. When used as a draft- plough, which 
must have been suggested by the improvement of a later iige, the 
shorter Ivihh of the Alpha was tipped with metal, and it was then held 
in this positiu:i, -<- f ' " as it is now used by the inhabitants of 
Ostro-BoUaua. Tlie htindplough was of course the an- 
tient st-eptre ; not only on account of its antiquity, but as being the 
ou\y portable instrument. 
