under the Form of a Pyra-

mid. Apollo, or Adonis 563

Worship of Apollo at Maegara.

553 | Worship of Venus originated

in India. Grose. Conical

Figure of the Paphian Ve-

EGYPT

AND MOHAMMED ALI;

&c. &c.

CHAPTER I.

RETURN INTO EGYPT - HAYT EL ADJOUR VAST MOHAMMEDAN CEMETERY-ARABIC LEGEND ELEPHANTINE DANCING GIRLS

OF ES-SOUAN-TEMPLE OF KOOM OMBOS-LARGE BLOCKS OF STONE -PORTICO OF THE GREAT TEMPLE WORSHIP OF SATURN -SAKTI OF TYPHON- ORIGIN OF THE WORSHIP OF THE CROCODILE HAJJAR SILSILIS PRODIGIOUS QUARRIES ANECDOTE OF AN ARAB ANCIENT ROCK TEMPLES-MEET WITH AN ENGLISH VILLAGE AND TEMPLE OF ED FOO-MAGNIFICENCE

GENTLEMAN

OF THE RUINS - ENORMOUS PROPYLON -ELEGANT PERISTYLE AND PORTICO UNCLEAN HABITS OF THE ARABS-MYTHOLOGICAL INTERIOR OF THE TEMPLE ASPECT OF THE

SCULPTURES

TEMPLES OF

EGYPT

-

GROTTOES OF EILITHYIAS - MEN BURNED ALIVE IN HONOUR OF BOUBASTA- - SEPULCHRAL CHAMBERS -ANCIENT PAINTINGS REAPING SCENE HARVEST HOME - AN EGYPTIAN FEAST CONDITION OF WOMEN THE FUNERAL CEREMONY-ESNEHTHE COPTS SCARABÆI AND ENGRAVED GEMS AMULETS AND PIETY OF THE ORIENTALS

TALISMANS

APOLOGUE.

CESTUS OF VENUS

Tuesday, Feb. 5. Koom Ombos.

CCCCIII. HAVING in the ascent from Egypt into Nubia proceeded by the way of the river, I had seen nothing of the country lying between the mountains