498 General sketch of the three modes of Aegyptian writing I. The Hieroglyphic, including pictures representing objects, pictures representing ideas, and pictures representing sounds II. The Hieratic, or sacred writing, a species of short-hand hiero- III. The Enchorial, or common writing Aegyptian mode of building the merchant barge, called a baris The murder of an animal, if wilful, punished by death; if acci- dental, by a fine; but the murderer of the Ibis, or hawk, always ib Nile boat of Herodotus stopped at Elephantine The White Nile from the south-west, and the Blue Nile from the Lower Nubia, between Aegypt and the junction of the Nile with Upper Nubia-including Shendy, Halfay, and Sennaar-the 515 ib 516 ib ib 517 ib ib Arabian chain on the east, Abyssinian mountains on the south, and desert of Sahara, including Kordofan and Darfour, on the west ib Herodotus's description of the course of the Nile southwards of ib Difficult navigation up the first cataract Four days' voyage to the island of Tachompso Vast lake. Forty days' journey along the banks Twelve days' voyage farther to Meroe Country of the Automoli Macrobians on the South Sea Upper course of the Nile supposed to be from west to east, like River flowing in that direction discovered by the Nasamones City and kingdom of Meroe within the triangle of Shendy, formed Page Automoli within the triangle of Sennaar, formed by the White and Blue Niles 520 Macrobians ib River seen by the Nasamones, either that of Bornou or the Niger 521 Aethiopia of Herodotus, its wide signification His description of the land and people Arab races in Aethiopia Three Aethiopian nations mentioned by Herodotus I. Aethiopians above Aegypt Worship of Dionysus, and sacred city of Nysa ib ib 522 ib ib ib Costume and equipment of the Aethiopians in the army of Xerxes II. The Automoli, distant a four months' journey from Elephantine, and a two months' from Meroe Consisted of 240,000 deserters from the Aegyptian warrior caste III. Macrobian Aethiopians, the tallest and handsomest of man His remarks upon the different presents sent by Cambyses ib ib Resemblance between the modern inhabitants of Sennaar and the ancient Aegyptians The Kong Mountains, basin of the Niger, and Mountains of the Moon ib Great plain spreading from the Kong Mountains northward to the Supposed by Herodotus to consist of three belts, viz. Ist, Inhabited country along the coast; 2nd, Wild Beast country of the Atlas; and 3rd, Sandy Waste, or desert Corresponding to the modern names of Barbary, Beled-el-Jered, FIRST BELT, or INHABITED COUNTRY Occupied, according to Herodotus, by three races, viz. Greeks, Four divisions of country occupied by four races, viz. Cyrene by the Greeks; Carthage by the Phoenicians; Tripoli and Tunis by the Libyan nomades; and Morocco and Algiers by the Li- Necessity for placing the Libyan husbandmen in the Second Belt, Herodotus's account of the colonization of Cyrene. Theraeans under Corobius reach the Libyan Platea Extended from Aegypt westward to Lake Tritonis, or the Lesser The Lake Tritonis of later writers identified with the salt lake of Page Abstained from the flesh of cows and swine. Cauterized the heads of children four years old, either on the crown 543 or the temples Extraordinary good health 22 ib ib Worship of the Sun and Moon, and of Athene, Triton, and Poseidon ib Greeks derived from them the aegis of Athene, the festival exclamations in the temples, and practice of four-horse chariot driving 544 Libyan mode of interment ib The Twelve Nations ib 1. Adyrmachidae, who followed Aegyptian customs, but were otherwise filthy and slavish 2. Giligammae, opposite the Libyan Platea, the first region of the silphium plant 545 3. Asbystae, inland of Cyrene, who drove four-horse chariots, and followed Cyrenaean customs 546 4. Auschisae, including the Cabales, dwelt near the Hesperides, and followed Cyrenaean customs 5. Nasamones, a powerful nation on the Syrtis, who during summer removed to Augila Fed on locusts, and had their women in common Pledged their faith by drinking out of each other's hands Lived in portable huts, made of basket-work 6. Psylli, who made war on the south wind, and were buried in sands blown from the Sahara ib ib 547 In swearing, laid their hands on tombs ib In divining, slept on the sepulchres, and accepted their dreams as oracles ib ib ib ཋ ཋ ུཋ ཋཋཋ ཋ 548 7. Garamantes, who properly belonged to the oasis of Fezzan ib ib 9. Gindanes, whose women wore an ancle ring for every lover 549 550 11. Machlyes, who dwelt on the right bank of the river Triton Argonautic legend connected with this locality 12. Auses, who lived on the left bank of the river Triton Worshipped a native goddess corresponding to the Athene of the Greeks ib ib Lived apart from their women, whom they had in common. 552 ib General description of the country ib City situated on a peninsula at the bottom of the Gulf of Tunis ib 553 Jealousy of the people an effectual bar to the progress of graphical science geo ib |